The Glen and Attached Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1988. Cottage.

The Glen and Attached Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 May 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
The Glen and Attached Cottage, Back Street, Ilmington
OS grid reference
SP 208 434
Coordinates
52.08943, -1.6967
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Glen and attached cottage is a cottage from the early 18th century, constructed of squared, coursed limestone with a thatched roof and a brick end stack. It is two storeys high and features a two-window range with a two-unit plan. The front has a 20th-century part-glazed door and a thatched porch. The ground floor includes 20th-century two- and three-light casements, with the right window having a flat stone arch. There are also three 20th-century two-light swept dormers. Inside, there is a chamfered spine beam and an open fireplace with a timber chamfered bressumer.

Attached to the right is another cottage from the 18th century, also made of squared, coursed limestone and featuring a coped gable to the right. This cottage has a stone slate roof with a brick end stack, is two storeys tall, and has a two-window range with a two-unit plan. The right side has a 20th-century part-glazed plank door with a gabled timber porch, while the left side features a 20th-century two-light leaded casement with a wood lintel. On the first floor, there are two 19th-century two-light casements, and additional 20th-century casements on the gable ends and to the rear. The interior includes a chamfered spine beam and an open fireplace with a timber chamfered bressumer.

Local climate

The Glen and Attached Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% 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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