Rock Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1983. Villa. 3 related planning applications.
Rock Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dusted-wall-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1983
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Rock Cottage, High Street, Blockley, GL56 9HD
- OS grid reference
- SP 161 345
- Coordinates
- 52.009, -1.76667
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rock Cottage is an unusual villa dating from the early 19th century, which has undergone alterations. It is three storeys high with a gable-lit attic. The exterior is of coursed rubble construction with a concrete slate roof and coped verges. The ground floor is now a basement with a vaulted terrace leading to the first floor (which is the present ground floor) in front. There are three windows with triangular heads, featuring modern casements and shutters. These windows have been extended to create French windows on the present ground floor, and a central gabled porch is present. A triangular-headed doorway is located within the central arch below the terrace. The cottage’s connection to Joanna Southcott, “The Prophetess,” who lived here from 1804 to 1874, is significant, especially considering the nearby chapel (now a cottage) located on the opposite side of the road.
Local climate
Rock Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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 — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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