Rake Croft is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Rake Croft
- WRENN ID
- sharp-pewter-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rake Croft, Rake Hill, Burntwood, WS7 9DQ
- OS grid reference
- SK 061 097
- Coordinates
- 52.68573, -1.91084
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rake Croft is a cottage dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is likely timber framed and covered with render, featuring a wheatstraw thatch roof. The cottage has an end stack to the right and a ridge stack located behind the entrance. It is a single-storey building with a single dormer-lit attic and a four-window front. The windows are 20th-century casements. There are slight breaks at the right end and an inset from the left, which suggest some rebuilding in brickwork. The entrance is positioned to the left of center and has a 20th-century boarded door. Additionally, there is a lower addition to the left end, which is probably from the 19th century.
Local climate
Rake Croft receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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