April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1979. House.
April Cottage
- WRENN ID
- inner-shingle-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1979
- Type
- House
- Address
- April Cottage, Abbots Morton
- OS grid reference
- SP 029 550
- Coordinates
- 52.19385, -1.95884
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the mid-19th century and 20th century. It features a timber-frame structure set on a brick plinth, with rendered infill and a tiled roof. The building consists of two framed bays aligned north to south, with a brick extension to the north. A central stack is located in the framed part, and there is a lobby entrance. The house has two storeys and two windows, each with 2-light casements. On the ground floor, there are two additional 2-light casements, and the entrance is accessed through a glazed porch topped with a hipped tile roof. The framing includes three square panels high, raised by a further square panel. The south gable truss features three struts to the collar, with V-struts in the apex.
Local climate
April 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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