Rock Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. House. 2 related planning applications.
Rock Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tall-baluster-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rock Cottage, Rake Lane, Middleton and Smerrill, Derbyshire Dales, DE45 1LS
- OS grid reference
- SK 192 631
- Coordinates
- 53.16489, -1.71318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rock Cottage is an early 19th-century house constructed from coursed squared limestone with flush gritstone dressings. It features plain coped gables, off-centre ridge stacks, and a Welsh slate roof, with a staggered double-pile plan. The west elevation presents a double gabled front, with an advanced north gable that includes a two-storey canted bay topped with an embattled parapet. Full-height embattled turrets are located at the corners, while the south gable has a single turret. The windows are generally 2-light chamfered mullioned with hood moulds, stops, and Gothic glazing, although there is a single pointed arched opening on the ground floor of the north gable that houses a sash frame with Gothic glazing. A contemporary single-storey porch is situated at the angle of the ranges, featuring an embattled parapet and a four-panelled door. The south elevation includes 2 and 3-light flush mullioned windows.
Local climate
Rock Cottage 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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