Essington Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1979. House. 2 related planning applications.
Essington Cottage
- WRENN ID
- knotted-string-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1979
- Type
- House
- Address
- Essington Cottage, Holy Well Road, Malvern Wells, WR14 4LE
- OS grid reference
- SO 772 427
- Coordinates
- 52.0825, -2.3335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Essington Cottage is a small, early 19th century house located on Holy Well Road. The house is of two storeys and has a stucco facade, with brick visible on the side. It features two full-height bowed front sections, now fitted with mullion and transom windows of five lights. A single window is centrally placed within a decorative moulded surround. The facade has narrow grooved pilasters, an entablature, and a cornice embellished with paterae. The entrance is a six-panel door.
Local climate
Essington Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2005
- 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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