Whitecross Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1973. Row of cottages. 1 related planning application.
Whitecross Cottages
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 October 1973
- Type
- Row of cottages
- Address
- Whitecross Cottages, 1-6 Whitecross Cottages, Ayres Street, SE1 1ES
- OS grid reference
- TQ 323 799
- Coordinates
- 51.50328, -0.09512
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whitecross Cottages is a row of six cottages built in 1890 by Elijah Hoole, showcasing a strong Arts and Crafts influence. Constructed from red brick with tile hanging and a pitched tiled roof, the cottages are two storeys high, with each cottage consisting of one bay. The row is terminated by No. 1, which features a gable end facing the street and has its entrance on the left side. The doors are plain, with the door to No. 3 being a late 20th-century addition, and each cottage has a rectangular fanlight above the door, along with a window beside it. The cottages have two-light sash windows; the first-floor windows are set in segmental-arched reveals with stucco sill strings, while the ground-floor windows have stucco sills. A broad tile-hung band runs between the floors. The interior has not been inspected. The Whitecross Cottages are part of an important group with Nos. 8 and 8A, as well as the Redcross Cottages, which front Redcross Gardens behind. This grouping reflects the ideals of Octavia Hill, a pioneer of healthy working-class housing.
Local climate
Whitecross Cottages 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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