Cross Hands Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1968. House. 2 related planning applications.

Cross Hands Cottage

WRENN ID
north-remnant-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Malvern Hills
Constituency
West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1968
Type
House
Address
Cross Hands Cottage, B 4209, Hanley Castle, WR8 0BJ
OS grid reference
SO 837 425
Coordinates
52.08073, -2.23926
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cross Hands Cottage is a house that possibly dates back to the 16th century. It features a cruck frame with timber-framed walls and brick infill, topped with a shingle roof. The cottage is one storey high with an attic and is framed in square panels that include two curved tension braces. On the ground floor, there are three windows, and two dormer windows in the attic. The door is located to the right of the second window. The left-hand gable wall displays a truss with vertical struts between the tie-beam and collar, with principals that terminate at the collar. A part of a cruck truss can be seen in the right-hand gable wall. The interior was not accessible during the survey in May 1986, but it is reported to contain two additional cruck trusses.

Local climate

Cross Hands 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 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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