3 and 4 is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 July 1994. Pair of estate cottages.
3 and 4
- WRENN ID
- solemn-dormer-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 July 1994
- Type
- Pair of estate cottages
- Address
- 3 and 4, Preston on Stour
- OS grid reference
- SP 204 498
- Coordinates
- 52.14664, -1.70316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of estate cottages located in Preston on Stour, dated 1857 and built for James Roberts West. The cottages are constructed of brick and feature a fishscale tile roof with decorative cresting, along with brick cross-axial stacks topped with octagonal shafts. The building has an L-plan layout and is two storeys high with a two-window range. The gable breaks forward to the right of the center.
The exterior includes wide eaves and verges. At the right end, there is a segmental-headed entrance with a plank door that has enriched strap hinges, topped by a gabled timber canopy with decorative framing. The ground floor features segmental-headed windows with brick sills and labelmoulds above, containing 2-light and 3-light casements with enriched cast-iron glazing. The first floor has windows with 2-light casements, with the left window set in a gabled half-dormer.
The left return of the building has a canted bay window beneath a hipped roof, with a datestone above the gable. The rear wing includes an entrance with a gabled open timber porch and a half-dormer above, along with a cross-axial stack. The datestone on the rear reads "IRW 1857." The rear also features a re-entrant gabled wing and a 20th-century flat-roofed outshut.
These cottages were built as part of a model estate village and are one of four pairs that create a symmetrical composition.
Local climate
3 and 4 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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