Bretby is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1988. A C18 House.
Bretby
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-minaret-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bretby, Back Lane, Tysoe
- OS grid reference
- SP 338 442
- Coordinates
- 52.09536, -1.50676
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bretby is a house that was formerly two cottages, built in the 18th century. It is constructed of squared, coursed ironstone with quoins on the right side and features a thatched roof with a brick stack at one end. The building has two storeys and a two-window range, originally designed with a two-unit plan.
At the center, there is a 19th-century plank door set beneath a thatched hood. To the left, extending forward, is a recessed glazed door with a wooden lintel. To the left of the central door, there is a two-light leaded casement window with a lintel and keyblock. To the right, a 24-pane window includes a central four-pane casement, also with a lintel and keyblock. On the first floor, to the left, there is a two-light casement window, and to the left of that, a three-light leaded casement window.
Inside, the house features a large inglenook fireplace with an ogee stopped bressumer and a blocked bread oven. The ceilings are adorned with chamfered beams that have run-out stops.
Local climate
Bretby receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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