4-7 is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1986. Cottage. 7 related planning applications.
4-7
- WRENN ID
- scattered-gravel-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 4-7, Dowdeswell, GL54 4LT
- OS grid reference
- SP 007 192
- Coordinates
- 51.87178, -1.99119
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of four semi-detached cottages, dating to the early 17th century and built in two phases. The cottages are constructed from large blocks of coursed, squared, and dressed limestone, with a concrete tile roof and ashlar stacks that have been repaired using brick and artificial stone. The main rectangular body of the cottages has a later extension set at a right angle to the rear left. The main body is two storeys high with an attic, lit by three 20th-century two-light roof dormers. The front facade has a three-window arrangement, with all windows being 20th-century two-light casements, with diamond-leaded panes to the windows of the rightmost cottage (No. 4). The cottages have three 19th-century plank doors, each protected by a 20th-century open-sided, gabled porch. A hollow-chamfered stone-mullioned window with a stopped hood is located on the ground floor of the left gable end. A blocked 17th-century door surround with a segmental-headed stone lintel is present on the left side, with a 20th-century two-light wood casement inserted into the opening. Above this is an ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned window with a stopped hood on the first floor. The rear extension has one and two-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned windows, one of which has hollow-moulded chamfers. The cottages have axial and gable-end stacks, and the gable ends are finished with slightly stepped coping and a cross saddle. The interiors were not inspected.
Local climate
4-7 receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 11 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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