Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, Part of Top of the Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1983. Cupboard, house.
Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, Part of Top of the Hill
- WRENN ID
- drifting-bailey-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1983
- Type
- Cupboard, house
- Address
- Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, Part of Top of the Hill, Digbeth Street, Stow-On-The-Wold
- OS grid reference
- SP 192 257
- Coordinates
- 51.92968, -1.72216
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, part of Top of the Hill, is a building dating from the mid to late 17th century. It is constructed of rubble and features a concrete tile roof, rising to two and a half storeys. The gable includes a three-light ovolo-moulded mullion window with a drip, while the first floor has a late 19th-century plate glass sash window. On the ground floor, there is a modern bow window supported by 17th-century brackets, and a modern door is located to the right. Additionally, there is a contemporary rear extension, and the building is said to have a medieval undercroft.
Local climate
Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, Part of Top of the Hill receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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