Church Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1972. A C17 Cottages. 2 related planning applications.
Church Cottages
- WRENN ID
- dark-parapet-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1972
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Church Cottages, 1 and 2, Defford, WR8 9BJ
- OS grid reference
- SO 916 432
- Coordinates
- 52.08756, -2.12267
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Cottages are a pair of 17th century timber frame cottages located in Defford. They feature painted brick nogging and stand two stories tall. The cottages have two modern dormers and modern casement windows. The roof is covered with old tiles and has half hipped ends.
Local climate
Church Cottages receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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