The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. A C17 Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- south-plinth-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, Astley Burf, Astley and Dunley, DY13 0RX
- OS grid reference
- SO 810 677
- Coordinates
- 52.30713, -2.27924
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a late 17th- to early 18th-century timber-framed cottage located in Astley Burf, Astley. It was originally listed as "Cottage north west of Woodlands Farmhouse". The construction incorporates painted brick to the mid-rail, and a tiled roof. Originally a single-cell dwelling, it features a gable entry and a large external stack on the east side. A brick outshut was added to the north, followed later by larger brick additions to the west. The cottage is single-storey with an attic. It has a two-light wooden casement window facing south, and a casement window in the gable. A simple plank door is positioned to the right of the stack within the outshut. The timber framing originally extended three panels high from the sill to the wall-plate, with straight bracing from the mid-rail to the wall-plate and a short brace from post to tie-beam in the gable. Timber weathering is visible above the windows.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% 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 73% 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 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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