Great Batch is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1967. House. 3 related planning applications.

Great Batch

WRENN ID
low-window-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 July 1967
Type
House
Address
Great Batch, Church Street, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire Dales, DE45 1QB
OS grid reference
SK 196 697
Coordinates
53.22413, -1.70777
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Great Batch is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, with gritstone dressings and quoins, and features a stone slate roof. The house has stone ridge and gable end stacks, including a large stone stack that rises through the roof on the west side.

The building is three storeys tall and has an L-plan layout. The street-facing elevation has double gables, with the ground floor covered by a 20th-century conservatory. Above the conservatory, there is a 4-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transomed window on the west side, and a similar 3-light window to the east of the central valley. Further east, there is a 19th-century recessed and chamfered 2-light mullion window. In the west gable, there is a 3-light recessed and chamfered window.

The garden facade to the east also features double gables and has a central 19th-century stone porch. To the south of the porch, there is an advanced bay with a 19th-century 5-light recessed and chamfered mullion and transomed window, and a similar window is located north of the porch. Above the porch, there is a 19th-century 3-light mullioned stair window with two transoms. To the north, there is a 19th-century 4-light recessed and chamfered mullioned and transomed window, while to the south, there are two 19th-century recessed and chamfered mullion windows. In the north gable, there is an original 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion window, and a similar 19th-century window is found in the south gable.

Local climate

Great Batch sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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 — 2 transactions since 2019
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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