The Gables is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. A C17 Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Gables
- WRENN ID
- plain-sill-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Gables, Drury Lane, Rodington, SY4 4RG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 571 147
- Coordinates
- 52.72835, -2.63595
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gables is a 17th century timber-framed cottage, dated 1663, located on Rodington Drury Lane. It features whitened brick infill panels and has a steeply pitched plain tile roof with gabled ends. The cottage is one storey with an attic. On the ground floor, there are two modern casement windows on either side of a modern door, which is sheltered by a large modern glazed porch. The attic gable is off centre and has a modern casement window. There are brick stacks at both ends, and a single storey brick lean-to is attached to the north end.
Local climate
The Gables receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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