Dunston Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Cottage.

Dunston Cottage

WRENN ID
secret-cloister-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tewkesbury
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Dunston Cottage, 17, Chapel Hay Lane, Churchdown
OS grid reference
SO 885 196
Coordinates
51.87494, -2.16776
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dunston Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, with alterations from the 19th century and an extension added in the late 20th century. It features brick-nogged timber framing set on a painted brick plinth, with painted brickwork and a shingle roof. The cottage is three bays wide and one and a half stories tall.

On the road side, the framing consists of two panels high, with an angle brace connecting to the wallplate from the main posts, and only one way from the post by the door. The plinth is painted to resemble a shallow panel of framing, and the older windows are from the 19th century. There is a two-light casement window on the left, along with a fully-glazed, late 20th-century gabled porch that has a stone-slate roof, and another two-light casement window. The right bay has brickwork painted to look like timber-framing, with a two-light late 20th-century casement window.

The cottage has three lean-to dormers, each with two-light casements, and a ridge chimney located one bay from the right, with an external chimney on the left gable. On the left return, there is a two-light casement window on the ground floor, and above it, a tie-beam truss with two collars, along with another two-light casement window. The top part of the gable is faced with shingles. Originally, the cottage was a two-bay structure, likely half-hipped, before being extended by one bay in the late 20th century.

Local climate

Dunston Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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