Cowcombe House is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1960. House. 5 related planning applications.
Cowcombe House
- WRENN ID
- deep-thatch-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- Cowcombe House, Cowcombe Hill, Minchinhampton, GL6 8HP
- OS grid reference
- SO 906 022
- Coordinates
- 51.71904, -2.1369
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cowcombe House is a detached house that dates from the late 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It is constructed from coursed and random rubble limestone, with some sections rebuilt in artificial stone and features ashlar chimneys. The roof is made of stone slate. The house is two stories tall, with an attic and a cellar, and has a parallel two-story rear range.
The north front displays a mix of window styles, with an original three-window arrangement at the center featuring two-light chamfered mullioned casements beneath a combined hoodmould. To the right of the center, there is a doorway below an upper floor window, which has a late 18th or early 19th century timber classical pedimented doorcase with fluted pilasters and a six-panel door. A two-story canted bay window made of ashlar with 12-pane sashes has been added to the right. To the left, there is a 19th-century alteration featuring paired 12-pane sashes on each floor. The attic includes two gabled dormers with leaded casements. There are three chimneys mounted on the ridge, two of which have moulded caps.
On the west end, there are two oval windows in the attic with flat dripmoulds. The rear of the house features various two-light mullioned casements, and similar windows can be found on the rear range, which has been more significantly altered on the north side at the east end. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Cowcombe House 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
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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