Old Manor Cottages is a Grade II* listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1960. A Early Modern Manor house.

Old Manor Cottages

WRENN ID
waning-moat-bistre
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1960
Type
Manor house
Period
Early Modern
Address
Old Manor Cottages, Blockley, GL55 6XL
OS grid reference
SP 186 378
Coordinates
52.03852, -1.72993
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Manor Cottages is a former manor house dating from the mid-17th century. It is two storeys high with an attic and has an irregular L-shaped plan. The building is constructed of quality cut ashlar stone and features tiled roofs. It has a chamfered plinth and gables with saddlestones, which include blind rusticated bulls-eye panels, a characteristic local feature. The cottage has mullion windows with three and four lights, each with drips positioned below the gables. There is a Tudor arch doorway located to the left of the angle with the north-west wing, topped with a cornice. To the right of the doorway, there is a range of arched windows, also with drips. Extensions are present to both the left and right, with the right extension being half-hipped.

The rear of the building is irregular, featuring a doorway that is now a window, aligned with the front door. There is a gable that rises from the wall face to the left of the center, along with two single-light windows to the right of the center. Inside, the north-east wing contains a large inglenook fireplace on the ground floor, complete with a cambered timber lintel.

Local climate

Old Manor Cottages receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 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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