Lilac Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Solihull local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1976. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

Lilac Cottage

WRENN ID
far-clay-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Solihull
Constituency
Meriden and Solihull East MP: Saqib Bhatti (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1976
Type
Cottage
Address
Lilac Cottage, Four Ashes Road, B93 8ND
OS grid reference
SP 159 753
Coordinates
52.37561, -1.7673
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lilac Cottage is a 17th-century building featuring a timber frame with red brick nogging and an old tiled roof. It has a cross plan and stands two storeys tall. The cottage includes casement and sash windows, most of which have glazing bars.

Local climate

Lilac Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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 — 4 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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