Grove Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. Detached villa. 2 related planning applications.
Grove Cottage
- WRENN ID
- woven-pillar-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Detached villa
- Address
- Grove Cottage, 1, Ripplevale Grove, N1 1HS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 311 840
- Coordinates
- 51.53971, -0.10976
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grove Cottage is a detached villa built between 1839 and 1841. The house is constructed of yellow stock bricks laid in a Flemish bond pattern, with a Welsh slate hipped roof featuring projecting eaves and brick end-stacks. It is arranged with a centre-hall entrance plan, and comprises two storeys and a basement. The three-window double-fronted facade presents a symmetrical appearance. A flight of steps leads to the entrance, which features Doric columns supporting a cornice head, a four-panelled door, and a decorative fanlight. A panel above the door is inscribed “Grove Cottage”. The ground floor windows are 6/6 sash windows with curved and radial glazing bars, margin lights, and gauged brick round arches. A stucco sill band runs along the first floor, where the 6/6 sash windows are set within gauged brick flat arches.
Local climate
Grove Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1997
- 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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