The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Solihull local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1976. House.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
sacred-string-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Solihull
Constituency
Meriden and Solihull East MP: Saqib Bhatti (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1976
Type
House
Address
The Cottage, Wootton Lane, Balsall
OS grid reference
SP 231 784
Coordinates
52.40353, -1.66164
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a 17th-century building constructed with a timber frame and whitewashed brick nogging, topped with a thatched roof. It stands two storeys tall and features lattice casement windows. There is a modern gabled porch added to the front.

Local climate

The 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 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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