Stark Hill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Cottage.

Stark Hill Cottage

WRENN ID
hollow-tin-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stroud
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 August 1990
Type
Cottage
Address
Stark Hill Cottage, Painswick
OS grid reference
SO 853 104
Coordinates
51.79251, -2.21404
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Stark Hill Cottage is a small detached cottage located on Painswick Edge, dating from the early 18th century with some modifications from the 20th century. It is constructed of rubble limestone and features a slate roof with coped gables and cross-roll saddles. The cottage is 2½ storeys tall and has three windows, with part of the structure built directly off the rock at the right-hand end.

The entrance front includes a two-light stone casement window and two small stair lights, along with a 20th-century lean-to porch that has a door and a large dormer window. The opposite front features a ground floor with a two-light recessed chamfer casement window beneath a stopped hood, a six-panel flush door set in a chamfered surround with a deep plain lintel and hood, and a 20th-century door in a former window opening. On the first floor, there are two groups of windows: a two-light recessed chamfer window with hoods and two roof laylights.

The left gable has a series of three two-over-two-light recessed chamfered mullion windows with hoods, similar to those on the right gable. A central ashlar stack is present. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

Stark Hill 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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