Knowles Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1985. House.

Knowles Cottages

WRENN ID
long-floor-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1985
Type
House
Address
Knowles Cottages, 7 and 8, Aston Subedge
OS grid reference
SP 137 414
Coordinates
52.07136, -1.80068
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Knowles Cottages is a detached house that is currently divided into two separate homes. Originally built in the 17th century, it has been encased in brick during the 18th century. To the right gable end, there is a single-storey outshut made of brick and limestone. The front facade is made of brick in an irregular bond, primarily using stretchers, while the rear features ground floor ashlar. The left gable end has a projecting limestone ashlar feature. The roof is a mansard style covered with limestone slate, and there is an ashlar limestone stack that rises from the left gable end to a brick chimney.

The building has two storeys and an attic, which is illuminated by three gabled dormers at the eaves. These dormers contain 2-light casements from the 18th or 19th century, featuring leaded lights. The main facade has three windows, which include 2 and 3-light metal casements from the 19th and 20th centuries; some of these have transoms and leaded lights, while others have horizontal glazing bars. There is a blocked stone-mullioned window in the left gable end. The facade also has three doors: a central part-glazed door from the early 20th century with a soldier arch above it, and plank and batten doors on either side, each with timber lintels.

Local climate

Knowles Cottages receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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