Colstry Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. A Early C19 Cottages. 1 related planning application.
Colstry Cottages
- WRENN ID
- guardian-hammer-raven
- 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
- Cottages
- Address
- Colstry Cottages, 1 and 2, the Hitchings, Awre, GL15 4BJ
- OS grid reference
- SO 665 069
- Coordinates
- 51.76024, -2.48626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two cottages, dating from the early 19th century, are located on Blakeney Hill near Awer, and are known as Colstry Cottages. The cottages are constructed from sandstone rubble with a Welsh slate roof. They form a long block with gable stacks, a third stack positioned near the right end, and a lean-to addition at the left gable. The cottages are two storeys high and have two and then two windows respectively. Centred to each pair of lights are doors, with an additional ground floor window in the second cottage. The windows are 2-light casements with stone lintols and cills, with the exception of the extra window in the second cottage, which is a cross mullion and transom casement with a transom. The lean-to has a 2-light casement and a 4-panel door. The first cottage has a plank door, sheltered by a flat stone slab hood supported on brackets, while the second cottage has a newer door of a similar design.
Local climate
Colstry Cottages receives an average of 780 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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