Weathervane Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1987. House.

Weathervane Cottage

WRENN ID
proud-fireplace-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wychavon
Constituency
Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1987
Type
House
Address
Weathervane Cottage, Vicarage Lane, Childswickham
OS grid reference
SP 074 385
Coordinates
52.04548, -1.89218
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Weathervane Cottage is a 17th-century house located on Vicarage Lane in Childswickham. It features a combination of timber-framing and stone construction topped with a thatched roof. The cottage is one storey high with an attic. The south wall, which faces the road, is framed in three rows of square panels set on a stone base. On the ground floor, there are three casement windows. The left-hand gable wall is made of stone and has a stone chimney cap. The rear wall shows exposed framing in two rows of square panels and includes four windows on the ground floor.

Local climate

Weathervane Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Bridge Cottage Grade II 79 m
  2. The Finches Grade II 110 m
  3. Mill Cottage Grade II 122 m
  4. The Cross Grade II 123 m
  5. Atkinson House Grade II* 124 m
  6. The Cross House Grade II 134 m
  7. The Old Manor House Grade II 142 m
  8. Wyck Cottage Grade II 151 m
  9. The Old Cottage Grade II 152 m
  10. Queen Anne House Grade II 165 m