Plague Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Plague Cottage
- WRENN ID
- eastward-groin-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Plague Cottage, 2, Church Street, Eyam, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 217 764
- Coordinates
- 53.28421, -1.67559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Plague Cottage is a cottage dating from the 18th century, possibly with a 17th-century core. It is constructed from coursed limestone and gritstone rubble, featuring gritstone dressings and quoins on the west side. The roof is made of stone slate and 20th-century concrete tiles, with a stone ridge end stack to the north and a stone-coped gable that has moulded kneelers. This gabled, two-storey cottage has two bays. On the east side, there is a three-light flush mullion window with 20th-century leaded lights, and on the west side, there is an inserted 19th-century doorcase with a plank door. Above the door, there are two two-light flush mullion windows, also with 20th-century leaded lights. Plague Cottage is attached to the east and rear of No 1 Church Avenue and both buildings have a historical association with the Eyam plague of 1666.
Local climate
Plague 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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