22 and 24, Townhead is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1967. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
22 and 24, Townhead
- WRENN ID
- plain-vault-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1967
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 22 and 24, Townhead, Alton, ST10 4AW
- OS grid reference
- SK 074 423
- Coordinates
- 52.97848, -1.89055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a pair of cottages, likely dating from the late 17th century, with later alterations and additions. They are constructed of ashlar stone, featuring distinctive herringbone tooling, and have a plain tile roof with brick end stacks. The cottages are arranged with a two-cell plan, oriented north-east to south-west and facing south-east. A further extension projects to the north-west, aligned north-west to south-east. The cottages are two storeys in height with a gable-lit attic. They have two bays, with two-light chamfer mullioned windows on the ground floor, featuring rebated frames and a hood mould, plus a small quatrefoil-shaped light between them. A small fire window is located on the ground floor to the left. The ground floor window and the first floor windows are casements, probably replacing earlier mullioned windows. A door is positioned in each gable end.
Local climate
22 and 24, Townhead 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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