Princess Royal Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1974. A Early C19 Cottage.

Princess Royal Cottages

WRENN ID
fallen-barrel-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stroud
Constituency
Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 June 1974
Type
Cottage
Address
Princess Royal Cottages, 3, Butter Row West, Rodborough
OS grid reference
SO 847 043
Coordinates
51.738, -2.222
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Princess Royal Cottages, located on the south side of Butter Row West in Rodborough, date from the early 19th century. The building is constructed of hammer-dressed rubble and features a pitched stone roof. It stands two storeys high with attics and has three ranges of segment-headed casements, two of which have iron glazing bars and two with lead glazing bars. There are also three attic dormers with casements, two of which have lead glazing bars. The entrance includes a planked door. Princess Royal Cottages, along with Prospect Cottages, form a group with Elm Cottage on the north side of Butter Row West.

Local climate

Princess Royal Cottages 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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