Hillside Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1993. House. 4 related planning applications.
Hillside Cottage
- WRENN ID
- slow-frieze-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1993
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hillside Cottage, 16, Somerford Road, Cirencester, GL7 1TN
- OS grid reference
- SP 022 012
- Coordinates
- 51.71025, -1.96938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hillside Cottage is a house dating from the 18th century, with some later alterations likely from the early 20th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, which is now painted, and features a Welsh slate roof with a brick ridge stack. The main range includes a single-storey addition to the left that has a hipped lean-to roof. The cottage is single-storey with an attic and has a two-window range.
On the ground floor, there are two 19th-century two-light timber casements with exposed timber lintels and stone cills. A plank door with a glazed panel, probably from the early 20th century, is set in a plain reveal with a segmental-arched head. There are two half-dormers above, each with similar windows to those on the ground floor. The right side of the cottage has two buttresses, with the front one being pierced.
At the rear, there is a small three-light oriel window with a stone-slated hood, flanked by louvred shutters, along with one two-light timber casement. An apparent glazed door with marginal glazing and leaded coloured glass at the centre also features a stone-slated hood. The interior is said to retain early features.
Local climate
Hillside 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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