Cottage Nurseries is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1988. A C17 Cottage.

Cottage Nurseries

WRENN ID
stubborn-panel-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rugby
Constituency
Rugby MP: John Slinger (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 February 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
Cottage Nurseries, Main Street, Willey
OS grid reference
SP 495 847
Coordinates
52.45876, -1.2718
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cottage Nurseries is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with alterations from the 19th century. It features whitewashed roughcast over timber framing, with some areas of plastered infill. The roof is made of corrugated iron over thatch, and there is a brick ridge stack from the 19th or 20th century. The building has a two-unit baffle-entry plan and is one storey with an attic, containing two ground-floor windows. The entrance has a four-panelled door framed with simple moulding and topped with a flush rendered vertical pediment. There are 19th-century three-light windows with glazing bars, while the left side has a 20th-century bow window and a 19th or 20th-century three-light casement window above it, featuring horizontal glazing bars. The right side shows exposed timber framing. At the rear, there is a swept dormer, and there are also 20th-century whitewashed brick single-storey additions. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Cottage Nurseries receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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