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

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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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