The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1985. Cottage.

The Old Cottage

WRENN ID
lesser-garret-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wychavon
Constituency
Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
The Old Cottage, Elmbridge
OS grid reference
SO 901 718
Coordinates
52.34439, -2.14565
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that has undergone restorations in the mid-19th century and around 1976. It features a timber frame with rendered infill and a machine tile roof. The structure consists of two framed bays aligned east to west, with a 19th-century brick wing added to the north, which was rebuilt around 1976. The main stack is located at the east end of the timber-frame section and is made of brick. The cottage is one storey high with a gable-lit attic and has two late 20th-century 2-light casement windows. There is a roughly central entrance flanked by a gabled porch. The framing consists of three square panels high, supported by straight tension braces.

Local climate

The Old Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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