Lower Drayton Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1983. Row of houses. 3 related planning applications.

Lower Drayton Cottages

WRENN ID
final-pavement-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Staffordshire
Constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1983
Type
Row of houses
Address
Lower Drayton Cottages, 1-4, Penkridge, ST19 5RE
OS grid reference
SJ 932 157
Coordinates
52.73934, -2.10209
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Drayton Cottages is a row of houses dating from the 17th century, with later alterations and additions. The buildings are primarily timber framed, though much of the timber has been replaced with brick, including red brick additions. They feature a plain tile roof, brick ridge stacks, and an integral end stack. The layout suggests a former hall and crosswing, with the hall range oriented east-west and facing south, while the crosswing to the east is aligned north-south. There are additional structures to the west of the hall range and to the north of the crosswing.

The 17th-century house on the right is two storeys high with dentilled eaves and has a 2:1 window arrangement with casements, along with a gabled wing to the right. It also features a 20th-century gabled porch to the left, which has a semi-circular arched opening. The 18th-century addition on the left is also two storeys with dentilled eaves and has four windows with casements. This addition includes 20th-century gabled porches to the left and right of centre, both with semi-circular arched openings. The east elevation shows the 17th-century wing on the left with closely-set studs on the first floor, and the gable of a late 18th-century addition to the right.

Local climate

Lower Drayton Cottages 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 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
  • 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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