Top Cottages and the Methodist Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1985. Cottage, chapel.
Top Cottages and the Methodist Chapel
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1985
- Type
- Cottage, chapel
- Address
- Top Cottages and the Methodist Chapel, Main Street, Willersey
- OS grid reference
- SP 107 393
- Coordinates
- 52.05282, -1.84477
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Top Cottages and The Methodist Chapel is a former row of five cottages, with three of the cottages on the right now converted into a Methodist Chapel. The buildings date from the 17th century, with significant alterations made in the 19th century to the three end cottages to create the chapel. They are constructed from coursed, squared, and dressed limestone, topped with a limestone slate roof and flat coping. There is an ashlar stack on the left gable end.
The left cottage features a 19th-century, two-light gabled dormer that extends from the eaves, along with a single four-light stone mullioned window fitted with 19th-century metal windows that have glazing bars, topped with a stopped hood. There are traces of red colour wash on the exterior, and a wide, low, painted plank door is located to the right of the window. The right cottage has two 19th-century, two-light gabled dormers from the eaves, which contain 20th-century metal windows with glazing bars. It also has a 19th-century, three-light metal window with glazing bars and a painted plank door to the right, both under a 20th-century stopped hood. Another 19th-century, three-light metal window with glazing bars is found to the right under a stopped hood.
The Methodist Chapel is a single-storey structure featuring two three-light mullioned and transomed windows with leaded panes, and raised gables with flat coping above. The left window is flanked by single lights with moulded surrounds. There are four-centred arched porchways, flush with the facade, located at both the far right and far left, each with a projecting flat canopy supported by curved brackets. The doors within the porches are painted planks. The Methodist Chapel is listed for its group value only.
Local climate
Top Cottages and the Methodist Chapel receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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