Downlands and Adjoining Cottage, Including Single Storey Outbuildings, Privvy and Ash House is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. Cottage.
Downlands and Adjoining Cottage, Including Single Storey Outbuildings, Privvy and Ash House
- WRENN ID
- other-wicket-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Thornbury and Yate MP: Claire Young (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- ST 803 823
- Coordinates
- 51.53982, -2.28408
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Downlands and the adjoining cottage, including single storey outbuildings, privy, and ash house, are a pair of estate cottages dated "AD 1862". They are built from coursed squared rubble with freestone dressings and quoins, and feature a Cotswold stone slate roof with overhanging eaves and plain bargeboards. The cottages are designed in a plain Tudor Gothic style and stand two storeys tall. The facade is arranged in a 1:2 (with an advanced centre featuring two gables) :1 bay configuration. There are 2- and 3-light casement windows under relieving arches, with the two central windows showcasing a decorative diamond glazing pattern. Panelled doors are located in the outer bays and are set under open lean-to porches, with a doorcase that has a segmental head. The central gables display shields bearing the date on the north side and a 'B' (for Beaufort) under a coronet on the south side. Additionally, there are 2-light windows in the end gables. At the rear, there are single storey outbuildings, a privy, and an ash house.
Local climate
Downlands and Adjoining Cottage, Including Single Storey Outbuildings, Privvy and Ash House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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