Wheelbarrow Castle Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1959. House.

Wheelbarrow Castle Cottage

WRENN ID
other-corner-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wychavon
Constituency
Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 July 1959
Type
House
Address
Wheelbarrow Castle Cottage, Rous Lench
OS grid reference
SP 009 549
Coordinates
52.19239, -1.98719
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wheelbarrow Castle Cottage is a 17th-century house that was restored in the late 20th century. It features a timber-frame construction with rendered infill and a sandstone plinth, topped by a half-hipped thatched roof. The cottage has two framed bays that are aligned east to west, with a stack located at the east gable. The north front has one storey and includes two 2-light casement windows. The entrance, which is to the left of centre, has a 20th-century ledged door. The framing consists of two square panels high.

Local climate

Wheelbarrow Castle 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 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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