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

The Cottage

WRENN ID
upper-tower-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rugby
Constituency
Rugby MP: John Slinger (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 February 1988
Type
House
Address
The Cottage, Monks Kirby
OS grid reference
SP 490 830
Coordinates
52.44333, -1.27913
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with an early to mid-19th century wing. It features a timber frame with brick infill, while the wing is constructed of brick. The roofs are covered with plain tiles, and there is a brick internal stack as well as a ridge stack on the wing. The building has a two-unit plan that extends to form a T-plan, with the 17th-century range creating a cross wing on the right. The house is two storeys tall with an attic, while the 19th-century wing has one storey and an attic.

The Cottage has three bays, and the 19th-century wing includes an open timber porch at the angle. The entrance features a plank door, and there are two- and three-light casement windows with glazing bars throughout. Most of the ground-floor windows have brick segmental arches, and there are no first-floor windows. To the left, there is a small single-storey range, and the cross wing has no windows facing the road. The left return side has three-light casements, while the right return side displays a three-window range. Additionally, there are two roof dormers. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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