The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

The Old Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Staffordshire
Constituency
Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
The Old Cottage, Wood Lane, Yoxall, DE13 8PH
OS grid reference
SK 141 205
Coordinates
52.78236, -1.79131
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the 17th century. It features a timber frame and painted brick construction, topped with a thatched roof and a central brick chimney. The building stands two storeys high and has three renewed casement windows, some of which include leaded lights.

Local climate

The Old Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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