The Steps is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1987. A C18 Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
The Steps
- WRENN ID
- rough-thatch-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Steps, High Street, Ratley and Upton, OX15 6DT
- OS grid reference
- SP 381 474
- Coordinates
- 52.12366, -1.44444
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-to-late 18th century cottage, originally comprised of several dwellings and now semi-detached. It is located on the south side of Ratley High Street. The cottage is constructed of regular coursed ironstone and has a 20th-century tile roof with brick end stacks. It has a 3-unit plan and a single storey with an attic. The front has a three-window arrangement. An entrance doorway features a six-panelled door with a thatched hood and steps leading up to it. A blocked doorway has been replaced by a window on the right-hand side. The ground floor windows are old three-light casements with horizontal glazing bars and stone lintels with flush keystones. The first-floor windows were originally positioned below the eaves, but now have late 20th-century half-dormers with casements. The interior includes panelled shutters. The building is included on the list for its group value and contribution to the wider architectural context.
Local climate
The Steps receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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