Pair of Cottages 70 Yards North West of Downlands, Including Single Storey Outbuildings, Privvy and Ash House to Rear is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. Cottage.
Pair of Cottages 70 Yards North West of Downlands, Including Single Storey Outbuildings, Privvy and Ash House to Rear
- WRENN ID
- over-sandstone-birch
- 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 803 824
- Coordinates
- 51.54028, -2.28463
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of estate cottages, dated "AD 1859," is located 70 yards northwest of Downlands. They are constructed from coursed squared rubble with freestone dressings and quoins, topped with a Cotswold stone slate roof featuring overhanging eaves, decorative cut bargeboards, and finials at the gables. The cottages are designed in a plain Tudor Gothic style and rise to two storeys, arranged in a 1:2:1 bay pattern with an advanced double gabled center. The windows are 2- and 3-light casements set under relieving arches, with the central two windows showcasing a decorative diamond glazing pattern. Panelled doors are found in the outer bays, framed by a doorcase with a segmental head and open lean-to porches. The central gables display shields bearing the date on the north side and a "B" (for Beaufort) under a coronet on the south side. At the rear, there are single storey outbuildings, a privy, and an ash house.
Local climate
Pair of Cottages 70 Yards North West of Downlands, Including Single Storey Outbuildings, Privvy and Ash House to Rear 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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