The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Cottage.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- old-quoin-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, the Square, Elford
- OS grid reference
- SK 188 105
- Coordinates
- 52.69202, -1.72232
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a late 17th-century cottage located in Elford, facing northwest. It is constructed with a timber frame and rendered infill panels, topped with a plain tile roof and featuring a brick central off-ridge stack. The building consists of two framed bays aligned in a north-east/south-west direction. Originally a single storey with an attic, the eaves level has been raised to create a second storey, with two square panels at the original eaves level and straight braces. There are two windows with late 19th-century glazing bar casements and a 20th-century door positioned to the left of center. The left-hand (north-east) gable reveals a partly exposed roof truss, which includes vertical struts between the collar and tie beam. Inside, the central roof truss features V-struts above the collar and once supported an angled ridge piece. The interior also boasts a large open fireplace and stopped and chamfered ceiling beams. The Cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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