Rockhall Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1987. A C19 Cottage.

Rockhall Cottage

WRENN ID
odd-vault-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 November 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Rockhall Cottage, Leekfrith, Staffordshire Moorlands
OS grid reference
SK 006 621
Coordinates
53.15676, -1.99242
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rockhall Cottage is a cottage orné, possibly used as a shooting box, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of rough-faced, coursed stone with a low-pitched tiled roof behind a crenellated parapet. The building features a romantic composition in a mock castle style and stands two storeys high. The front has an irregular arrangement of three windows; on the left, there are pointed arch casements set below the parapet, and a pair of pointed arch windows to the right, each with gablets above. There is also a further pointed arch window on the ground floor, positioned between the first-floor windows. To the left of centre, there is a large three-sided projecting stair turret, which has a small slit-light on each face. The entrance is located on the side. Additionally, there is a picturesque extension to the right, situated close to a large natural cave mouth. The cottage is set against the dramatic backdrop of the broken rock face of the Roaches.

Local climate

Rockhall Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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