Wirksworth Workhouse Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Wirksworth Workhouse Cottages
- WRENN ID
- white-wicket-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wirksworth Workhouse Cottages, Workhouse Lane, East Sutton, ME17 3JD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 824 500
- Coordinates
- 51.22053, 0.61136
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of cottages, likely dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, originally part of Wirksworth Workhouse. The ground floor is constructed of red brick on the left, with the remainder of the facade using chequered red and grey brick. The first floor is tile-hung, and the roof is covered in plain tiles, with a half-hipped design. The building sits on a stone plinth. There are two brick stacks: a multiple stack to the left of the centre and a projecting stack at the right end. The windows are irregular, with four casements, comprising three 3-light windows and one 5-light window. There are three boarded doors: one to Wirksworth at the left end, and two adjacent doors towards the right end. A rear lean-to extension is present. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Wirksworth Workhouse Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 1 transaction since 2001
- 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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