The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Cottage

WRENN ID
stony-spire-autumn
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 Old Cottage, Wrockwardine, TF6 5DG
OS grid reference
SJ 623 120
Coordinates
52.7052, -2.5592
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Cottage is a 17th century timber-framed cottage that has been faced in brick, with a modern brick wing. The cottage features painted brick with some exposed timber framing in the gable end and has a tiled roof. It is one storey high with an attic and has a two-window range. The windows are modern casements, and there is one modern gabled dormer. A brick chimney stack rises from the front wall, and the modern brick wing extends at right angles to the south.

Local climate

The Old Cottage 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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