Byways is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1987. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.

Byways

WRENN ID
swift-bronze-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tewkesbury
Constituency
Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Byways, Gravel Walk, Southam, GL52 3NP
OS grid reference
SO 972 255
Coordinates
51.92883, -2.04202
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Byways is a 17th-century cottage featuring square-panelled timber framing with tension bracing and painted brick infill, as well as coursed squared and dressed limestone. The building has a rectangular plan and is 1½ storeys high. The ground floor includes three 20th-century single-light casements, one 2-light casement, one 4-light casement, and one 4-light oriel. There is a 19th-century three-light oriel on the upper left. A 20th-century glass door is set within a 20th-century part-glazed porch located off-centre to the right. The cottage has a projecting gable end, an axial stack, and an off-the-ridge stack. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Byways 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 lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 4 transactions since 1999
  • 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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