Leigh Cottage and Holmleigh 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.
Leigh Cottage and Holmleigh
- WRENN ID
- upper-remnant-equinox
- 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
- Leigh Cottage and Holmleigh, Gauledge Lane, Longnor, Staffordshire Moorlands
- OS grid reference
- SK 087 649
- Coordinates
- 53.18148, -1.87069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Leigh Cottage and Holmleigh are a pair of cottages dating to the early 19th century. They are constructed of coursed stone with ashlar dressings and have a blue machine tile roof, with brick end stacks to the left of each unit. Leigh Cottage has one window, and Holmleigh has two, both with glazing bar sashes. Boarded doors with corbelled hoods are positioned flanking the centre window.
Local climate
Leigh Cottage and Holmleigh 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- 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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