Upton Lea Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1981. Cottage.

Upton Lea Cottages

WRENN ID
sunken-zinc-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Gloucestershire
Constituency
North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1981
Type
Cottage
Address
Upton Lea Cottages, 1 and 2, Brewery Hill, Bitton
OS grid reference
ST 692 697
Coordinates
51.42635, -2.44428
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Upton Lea Cottages, a pair of early 19th century cottages, is located on Brewery Hill in Upton Cheyney. The cottages are constructed from coursed lias rubble with freestone dressings and feature a pantiled mansard roof with three dormers and brick chimneys. They stand two and a half storeys tall and have four windows, with the two center windows paired and fitted with modern casements. There are two plain door openings on the front. The east gable includes a flat mullion 2-light window, and the rear has a catslide roof.

Local climate

Upton Lea Cottages receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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