Old Tower Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1960. A Post Medieval House.
Old Tower Cottage
- WRENN ID
- grey-floor-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1960
- Type
- House
- Period
- Post Medieval
- Address
- Old Tower Cottage, the Street, Gretton
- OS grid reference
- SP 008 303
- Coordinates
- 51.97204, -1.98845
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Tower Cottage is a detached house that likely dates back to the 16th century and has undergone significant modifications. The building features a timber frame, with the east front and gable facing the road constructed from coursed rubble. It has a half-hipped thatched roof and a stack located near the north end. The structure is L-shaped due to a later extension to the original cottage. It stands at one and a half storeys, with the gable facing the road featuring a single light casement above a 20th-century V-shaped oriel window. The east front has a 20th-century door and various casements, including a two-light dormer, all beneath the thatch. Some heavy timber framing is visible inside. This cottage is primarily included for its group value, as it appears to have been part of a group of laborers' cottages in the original village, which was associated with the old church, now only represented by its tower.
Local climate
Old Tower Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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