Sanctuary Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Sanctuary Cottage

WRENN ID
ancient-tallow-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tewkesbury
Constituency
Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 August 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Sanctuary Cottage, School Lane, Forthampton, GL19 4QB
OS grid reference
SO 855 324
Coordinates
51.99072, -2.21225
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sanctuary Cottage is a building that may have originally served as a hall, with a former solar block attached at the southeast corner, now known as The Sanctuary. It has been converted from two cottages into a single residence. The structure dates from the late 15th to early 16th century, with additions from the 18th and 19th centuries. It features close-studded timber framing with struts, painted brick infill, and a red tile roof, along with a brick stack. The main part of the building is rectangular in plan and consists of two storeys with three bays, displaying irregular fenestration that includes one and two-light casements with glazing bars. There is an 18th-century timber-framed extension on the right gable end and a 19th-century brick extension at the rear left. The main body has a large, partly detached, projecting left gable-end stack with broad offsets. The front features two 19th-century plank doors with single pitched planks above. The interior is not accessible.

Local climate

Sanctuary Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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