Wancourt Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Cottages. 5 related planning applications.
Wancourt Cottages
- WRENN ID
- floating-pewter-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Wancourt Cottages, High Street, Iron Acton
- OS grid reference
- ST 679 835
- Coordinates
- 51.54971, -2.46398
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of three cottages, originally a single house, dating to the mid-to-late 17th century, with alterations and extensions in the mid-19th century. The cottages are constructed of roughcast rubble with pantile roofs. They are arranged in a cross-passage L-shaped plan. The cottages are two storeys high with three windows, all now fitted with six-pane sashes. A door is located off-centre to the right of the front, and another at the extreme left. At the rear, to the left (west), the roof has been raised, and the central passage is now open. A lean-to block has been added at a right angle to the west. Internally, there are two large blocked fireplaces with adjacent winders. The left room contains a stop-chamfered cross beam, while the right room has a chamfered spine beam. Within the same room is a blocked window with visible lead and stays. A rear passage door frame, now set at a right angle, retains chamfered joints and cambered lintels.
Local climate
Wancourt Cottages receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 7 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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