The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. A C19 Lodge. 2 related planning applications.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
solemn-rubble-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Edgbaston MP: Preet Kaur Gill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
Lodge
Address
The Cottage, Somerset Road B15, B15 2QB
OS grid reference
SP 046 844
Coordinates
52.4584, -1.93359
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a mid to late 19th century lodge located on Somerset Road in Edgbaston, serving as a companion to No 25 Knutsford Lodge, with which it shares similar materials and style. The building is two storeys tall and has an L-shaped plan, featuring shaped gables on both wings. The gable facing the road includes a canted bay window on the ground floor, while the gable facing the drive has a canted bay window on the first floor. There is a porch situated in the angle of the two wings.

Local climate

The Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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