The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- watchful-plinth-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, Horse Road, Alton, ST10 4BS
- OS grid reference
- SK 070 424
- Coordinates
- 52.97933, -1.89594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is an 18th-century house located on the east side of Horse Road in Alton. It is a two-cell dwelling positioned east-west, facing south. The exterior is ashlar with herringbone tooling and smooth-faced ashlar dressings, topped by a plain tile roof. A brick stack is centrally located. The house has two storeys, indicated by a chamfered eaves band. It has two bays, each featuring a two-light chamfer mullioned window containing casements. A door is situated to the right of the centre and opens directly into the room to the right.
Local climate
The 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
- 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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