Catnip Cottage and Ivy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1980. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Catnip Cottage and Ivy Cottage

WRENN ID
night-tower-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stoke-on-Trent South MP: Dr Allison Gardner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 April 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
Catnip Cottage and Ivy Cottage, Hartwell Lane, Barlaston, ST12 9AF
OS grid reference
SJ 895 384
Coordinates
52.94296, -2.15725
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Catnip Cottage and Ivy Cottage are a pair of red brick cottages dating from around 1840. They are one storey high with an attic and feature five gabled dormers that rise above the eaves. Catnip Cottage has a blocked doorway with a window inserted, as well as a modern doorway at the rear. Ivy Cottage showcases a Georgian style wood pilaster doorcase with a pediment. Both cottages have plain over-hanging eaves and slate roofs.

Local climate

Catnip Cottage and Ivy Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 2003
  • 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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