Windmill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1988. House.
Windmill Cottage
- WRENN ID
- noble-pillar-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Windmill Cottage, Blackwells End, Hartpury
- OS grid reference
- SO 784 255
- Coordinates
- 51.92797, -2.31538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Windmill Cottage is a detached house that likely has origins in the 16th century but has been significantly modified over time, including 20th-century extensions. The building features some square paned braced timber-framing with rendered panels on the front wall, a brick gable wall to the right of the early block, and rendered brick on the extensions and gables. The roof is plain tile, with a mix of clay and concrete tiles, and there is a small brick stack.
The original cottage has a narrow depth cross passage in the center bays with an external stack to the left, which is not included within the large extension on that side. To the right, there is a set-back two-storey extension and some flat-roofed extensions at the rear. The house has one storey and an attic, comprising five bays. The front elevation includes one three-light and three two-light casement gabled dormers above four two-light casements. On the far left, there is a pair of glazed doors, and to the off-centre right, a glazed door is situated under a 20th-century glazed pent porch. The set-back portion has two-light casements, while the back features a large swept-down roof with 20th-century casements.
Inside, the cottage retains one pair of heavy crucks supporting the diagonal ridge and a heavy framed wall to the left of the cross passage. The fireplaces have been replaced, but there is a bread oven with a cast iron door located in the end room to the left, connected to the external stack.
Local climate
Windmill Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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