The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. House. 9 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gentle-granite-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, the Green, Bibury, GL7 5NE
- OS grid reference
- SP 111 067
- Coordinates
- 51.75912, -1.8401
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a small house in a row, dating to the early 18th century. It is constructed of random rubble limestone, with a rebuilt brick chimney and a stone slate roof. The house is single-storey with an attic. The front elevation features a single two-light recessed window with chamfered mullions, and a smaller window in the attic within a half gable. A doorway to the right has a timber lintel and plank door. A tall chimney is situated on the ridge, adjacent to the north gable end of Jasmine Cottage. The rear features a half gable with a two-light attic casement mirroring the front. A large flat-roofed rear addition is not of particular architectural interest. The interior has not been inspected. The building holds group value as an early example of vernacular architecture in Bibury.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 11 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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