Leacross and Darwen is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1966. A C18 Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Leacross and Darwen
- WRENN ID
- white-tin-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1966
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Leacross and Darwen, Bagot Street, Abbots Bromley, WS15 3DA
- OS grid reference
- SK 077 247
- Coordinates
- 52.81986, -1.88678
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Leacross and Darwen are a pair of cottages dating from the 18th century, located on the south side of Bagot Street in Abbotts Bromley. The cottages are constructed of red brick with a clay tile roof and have brick ridge stacks. They are two storeys high and have four windows, featuring glazing bar casements; the ground floor window on the left is a 20th-century replacement. The cottages have four-panelled doors with panelled doorcases, positioned to the left and right of centre, and a board alley door to the left. The cottages are listed for their group value.
Local climate
Leacross and Darwen receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 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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