Valley Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1960. House. 2 related planning applications.
Valley Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stony-ember-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- Valley Cottage, High Street, Chalford, GL6 8DU
- OS grid reference
- SO 902 025
- Coordinates
- 51.72134, -2.14193
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Valley Cottage is a detached house dating from around 1700, with a wing added in the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed from coursed and random rubble limestone, with brick chimneys that have been rebuilt. The roof is covered with diagonal asbestos slate, while the wing features artificial stone. The building is two stories tall, with a cellar and attic, and includes a single-storey wing.
The front facade has four upper floor casements with two lights and chamfered mullions, although one light is blocked due to the addition of the projecting wing. On the ground floor, there are two three-light casements with a continuous hood mould that rises over the stone lintel of the central doorway, which features a six-panel door. The eaves are deep and coved, and the roof is sprocketed with two gabled dormers. Gable end chimneys are present, and the east-facing wing has timber casements and a doorway with a plank door. The east end features continuous hood moulds extending from the front, with two single-light windows on both the ground and upper floors. There is a low-level cellar doorway with a timber lintel and plank door, and a rubble outshut at the rear. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Valley 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 greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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