Byways Heather Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Dwelling. 1 related planning application.
Byways Heather Cottage
- WRENN ID
- turning-lead-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Dwelling
- Address
- Byways Heather Cottage, Lower Etloe, Awre, GL15 4AX
- OS grid reference
- SO 673 054
- Coordinates
- 51.74689, -2.47382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Byways and Heather Cottage are two dwellings dating from the 17th century. They are constructed of painted rubble and have a glazed double Roman tiled roof. The buildings form an L-shaped block, with the main range raised from and parallel to the main street. There are large gable stacks, one rendered on the left and one of stone on the right.
The cottages are two storeys high and have three windows. On the ground floor, there are two 3-light casements with plain stone drips and stops, along with one 2-light casement with bars. The first floor features two 2-light windows above a 3-light window, plus one new small one-light window. In the right gable, there is a small square fixed light under a plain stone drip, and a modern door is located far left. Heather Cottage is situated in the return wing on the right.
The interior is plain but includes a stone newel stair, which is now concealed, beside the main stack on the right gable, as well as a concealed bread oven. The building features moulded beams with cavetto and cyma profiles.
Local climate
Byways Heather Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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