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

Cottage Farmhouse

WRENN ID
over-mortar-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Solihull
Constituency
Meriden and Solihull East MP: Saqib Bhatti (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1976
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Cottage Farmhouse, Holly Lane, Balsall
OS grid reference
SP 237 760
Coordinates
52.38228, -1.65231
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cottage Farmhouse is a 1744 building located on Balsall Holly Lane. It is constructed of red brick and features an old tiled roof. The farmhouse is one storey high with attics and includes a gabled casement dormer. The flush casement windows are set under cambered arches. A gabled brick porch with a wooden door lintel adds to its character. The side gables are topped with brick copings. A plaque in the porch gable displays the date and the initials L and P, which likely represent the surname of the original owner.

Local climate

Cottage Farmhouse 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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