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

The Old Cottage

WRENN ID
broken-flint-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wychavon
Constituency
Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1985
Type
House
Address
The Old Cottage, Sharpway Gate, Dodderhill
OS grid reference
SO 952 654
Coordinates
52.2872, -2.0707
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Cottage is a house dating from the late 17th century, with alterations made in the mid-19th century and 20th century. It features a timber frame with painted brick infill and a machine tile roof. The structure consists of three framed bays oriented east to west, with an additional brick bay at the west end. A chimney stack is located north of the central bay of the timber section. The cottage is two storeys tall and has irregular window placements. On the upper floor, there are three windows, with the left two having three lights and the right one having two lights, all dating from the 19th century. The ground floor has five windows, mostly 20th-century casements, including a square bay on the left. There is a roughly central large lean-to porch from the 20th century, with a glazed door to the right. The framing consists of three square panels high, with straight angle 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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