April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. A C17 Cottage.
April Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tired-landing-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- April Cottage, A443, Holt
- OS grid reference
- SO 828 606
- Coordinates
- 52.24404, -2.25239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with additions and alterations made in the mid-20th century. The building features part timber framing with painted brick infill, brick refacing, and a combination of brick and tiled roofs. There are brick stacks at the gable ends of the older section. The cottage consists of two framed bays and includes a 20th-century cross-wing. It has a single storey and an attic with dormers.
The main elevation faces east, where the 17th-century part has two ground floor casements and two first floor hipped dormers with casements. There is a glazed door in the right bay beneath a lean-to porch. The gable end of the 20th-century cross-wing features glazed double doors flanked by narrow sidelights and two casements in the attic. Inside, there is an intermediate interrupted tie-beam truss, single trenched purlins, and some of the main beams are stop-chamfered. A 20th-century single storey extension is attached to the south side elevation. The main entrance is now located in a two-storey gabled projection on the side elevation of the cross-wing. Additionally, there is a well located to the east of the 17th-century part.
Local climate
April Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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