John Brown's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
John Brown's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- solitary-spandrel-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1952
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- John Brown's Cottage, Bibury, GL7 5NU
- OS grid reference
- SP 105 077
- Coordinates
- 51.76815, -1.8482
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
John Brown's Cottage is a small detached house dating from the mid to late 17th century. It is constructed of random rubble limestone with an ashlar chimney and a stone slate roof. The building is two-storey with a single-storey outshut on the south end. The east front features a central half gable with a recessed chamfered mullioned two-light casement window. Below this is an off-centre doorway with a timber lintel, a door that has leaded glazing, and a small timber porch. To the right of the door is a timber casement window. The rear of the cottage has a similar gable and window arrangement. There is a projecting chimney on the north side with a plain cap, and the south outshut has a half hipped lean-to roof. The interior was not inspected. At the time of the survey in March 1986, the cottage was noted to be very small, picturesque, and somewhat dilapidated.
Local climate
John Brown's 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 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2008
- 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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