The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
keen-brass-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
The Cottage, Fawfieldhead, Staffordshire Moorlands, SK17 0LA
OS grid reference
SK 087 640
Coordinates
53.17381, -1.87091
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is an early 19th-century cottage constructed of stucco with a low-pitched tiled hipped roof featuring broad eaves. It has a small, square plan and a stack located on the right side, giving it a picturesque appearance. The building is two storeys high and has a two-window front, with moulded surrounds and labels above the glazing bar sashes. A flat-roofed, single-storey porch projects from the central entrance, which features a ledged door adorned with Gothic panels and a pilastered doorcase also decorated with Gothic panels.

Local climate

The Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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 — 3 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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