Thorpe Gorse Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1987. Cottages. 4 related planning applications.
Thorpe Gorse Cottages
- WRENN ID
- moated-vestry-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1987
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Thorpe Gorse Cottages, Ashby Road, Thorpe Constantine, B79 0BS
- OS grid reference
- SK 246 070
- Coordinates
- 52.66042, -1.63764
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thorpe Gorse Cottages comprise a row of three cottages, dating to the 18th century with an early 19th-century extension. The original cottages are constructed of ashlar, while the extension is built of red brick. The roof is covered with plain tiles, and there are brick integral end stacks and a ridge stack. The cottages are two storeys high and have five windows, which are modern casements set within the original window surrounds. There are three doorways. The ground floor doors and windows of the two original 18th-century cottages have keyed lintels, whereas the doors and windows of the 19th-century extension to the right have segmental heads.
Local climate
Thorpe Gorse Cottages receives an average of 770 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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