Primrose Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1980. Detached house.

Primrose Cottage

WRENN ID
small-trefoil-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stroud
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 October 1980
Type
Detached house
Address
Primrose Cottage, High Street, Upton St. Leonards
OS grid reference
SO 867 141
Coordinates
51.82603, -2.19393
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Primrose Cottage is a detached house dating from the 16th century, with late 18th century and 20th century additions. It features a timber frame with brick infill and additions, brick chimneys, and a thatched roof. The building is a single storey with an attic and has a 20th century extension at the north end.

On the west elevation, there is a central lobby entry with a 20th century plank door and an open-framed porch that has a thatched roof. To the left, there is small framing with two leaded casements, one set in a 3-centred arched former doorway. The framing to the right appears to be of an earlier date and includes a 19th century casement with a leaded window above it in a thatched dormer. A short curved diagonal brace is located to the left of a 19th century hipped-roofed canted bay window, which is part of the 18th century brick addition to the right. The central ridge features a brick chimney, and the thatch has scalloped ridge decoration. To the left, there is a 20th century rendered addition with a thatched roof.

The south end of the cottage has a half hipped roof with a central projecting brick chimney. There are 20th century casements on both the left and right, and a single attic casement to the left of the chimney. The east elevation shows scattered small framing in the central part, with a doorway that has a 3-centred arched head and a small leaded casement at a blocked opening. There is a small leaded casement to the left and 20th century metal casements in the late 18th century addition, along with a 20th century casement in the thatched dormer. The interior retains much of its timber framing.

Local climate

Primrose 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 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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