Hillcrest Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1987. Cottage. 7 related planning applications.
Hillcrest Cottage
- WRENN ID
- ruined-foundation-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Hillcrest Cottage, 7, Binswood End, Harbury, CV33 9LN
- OS grid reference
- SP 367 600
- Coordinates
- 52.23734, -1.46388
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hillcrest Cottage is a late 17th and early 18th century cottage located in Binswood End, Harbury. It is constructed of squared coursed limestone and has a moulded wood bracket cornice. The roof is tiled, with a stone stack at the left end. The cottage follows a two-unit plan, with an outshut at the rear. It is two storeys and attic in height, with a two-window front. The main entrance is at the rear. Casement windows are present throughout, with glazing bars. The ground floor features an old four-light wood and iron casement to the left, and two-light casements to the centre and right. The first floor has 20th-century three-light casements. Two dormers in the roof each contain two-light windows with horizontal glazing bars. The windows have blackened wood lintels. A late 20th century rear wing has a half-glazed door. The interior includes ceiling beams and an open fireplace.
Local climate
Hillcrest Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 1 transaction since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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