1 and 2 Knowles Cottages and Stonebench Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1980. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
1 and 2 Knowles Cottages and Stonebench Cottage
- WRENN ID
- first-cellar-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1980
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 1 and 2 Knowles Cottages and Stonebench Cottage, Lichfield Road, Sandon and Burston, ST18 0DN
- OS grid reference
- SJ 948 295
- Coordinates
- 52.86327, -2.07839
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Knowles Cottages (Nos 1 and 2) and Stonebench Cottage are a modest range of estate cottages located on Lichfield Road in Sandon. They date from the late 18th century or early 19th century and are arranged in an L-shape. The left-hand cottage, known as Stonebench Cottage, is an early 19th-century building made of red brick. It is two storeys high and features three casement windows, a doorway with a ledged door and a gabled hood, and a slate roof. The gabled end facing the road has been altered. The rear wing, which comprises the two cottages known as Knowles Cottages, is likely from the late 18th century and is roughcast. This section also has two storeys, three casement windows with gables, and two plain doorways with wooden gabled porches, along with plain eaves and a tiled roof. The buildings are included for their group value.
Local climate
1 and 2 Knowles Cottages and Stonebench Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 78% 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 sale records on file
- 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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