The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1980. House.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
grim-merlon-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wychavon
Constituency
Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 November 1980
Type
House
Address
The Cottage, South Lenches
OS grid reference
SP 021 492
Coordinates
52.14177, -1.97066
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the late 19th and 20th centuries. It features a timber frame set on a brick plinth, with wattle-and-daub infill and a half-hipped thatch roof. The building consists of two framed bays aligned north to south and has an integral stack at the north gable. It is one storey high with a gable-lit attic and has two windows that are 2-light casements. The entrance is located through a lean-to porch on the north gable. The framing includes three square panels high and straight tension braces at the gable end.

Local climate

The Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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