Hilltop Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1972. House. 3 related planning applications.
Hilltop Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lost-spindle-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hilltop Cottage, Village Street, Temple Grafton, B49 6NS
- OS grid reference
- SP 127 549
- Coordinates
- 52.19246, -1.81509
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hilltop Cottage is a house dating to the 17th century, with later additions. It is timber-frame construction with plaster or brick infill, and some colourwashed coursed rubble. The roof is steeply pitched and thatched, with brick end stacks. The house has a three-unit plan.
The exterior is single-storey plus attic, with a three-window front. A small, round-ended stone projection on the right-hand end is likely a former bread oven. The windows are 2-light casements; the central window has leaded glazing, and the right-hand window has small-paned glazing. There are two dormers, both with 2-light casements and leaded glazing. The timber framing is square with one brace.
The right return is of rubble and includes an entrance within a brick lean-to outshut; the door is set within a moulded wood door frame. The left return also has rubble and a brick lean-to outshut with a tile roof. The rear has a 20th-century single-storey outshut. The interior was not inspected during the listing assessment.
Local climate
Hilltop Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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 — 2 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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