Old Grove Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1967. House. 2 related planning applications.
Old Grove Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lone-bailey-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Grove Cottage, Smithy Bank, Alton, ST10 4AD
- OS grid reference
- SK 072 422
- Coordinates
- 52.97714, -1.89315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Grove Cottage is a pair of houses that have been combined into one. Originally built in the 18th century, it was remodeled in the mid-19th century. The building features ashlar stone with herring-bone tooling and has a plain tile roof, along with a brick integral end stack and a ridge stack. It is oriented east-west and faces south, standing two storeys high with a gable-lit attic above a basement.
On the ground floor, there are three windows, while the first floor has two windows, all of which are casements. To the left, there is a two-light chamfer mullioned window in the basement, and a half-glazed door is situated to the left, accessed by concrete steps. The west gable displays windows on the ground floor, first floor, and attic, all featuring straight hood moulds. The basement, ground floor, and first-floor windows are casements, and there is a C18 two-light chamfer mullioned window in the attic. The cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Old Grove Cottage receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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 2007
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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