The Lilacs is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Lilacs
- WRENN ID
- swift-porch-solstice
- 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 Lilacs, Waters Upton, TF6 6JG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 631 180
- Coordinates
- 52.75901, -2.54692
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lilacs is a small timber-framed cottage dating from the 16th or 17th century, featuring whitened brick infill panels. It has a plain tile roof with gabled ends and is one storey high with an attic. The front is gabled and includes 19th or 20th-century casement windows. There is a 19th-century brick extension on the right side, which is to the south.
Local climate
The Lilacs receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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 — 6 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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