Ardrock Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1984. Cottage.
Ardrock Cottage
- WRENN ID
- quiet-cupola-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Ardrock Cottage, Duke's Drive, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 192 694
- Coordinates
- 53.2219, -1.71247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ardrock Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in 1754 and the 19th century. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble, with gritstone dressings and quoins on the west side. The east side features a brick gable end stack, while there is a stone ridge stack. The roof is covered with 20th-century concrete tiles and has a stone ridge.
On the east side, there is a flush quoined doorcase with a lintel inscribed 'MTT 1754' and a flat hood above. The west side has two 2-light flush mullion windows with 18th-century casements. Further along, there is an inserted plank door and a 19th-century addition that includes another door and window. Above, from the east, there is a 2-light flush mullion window and a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion window. Inside, the cottage features plank doors and one stone fireplace with a moulded hood.
Local climate
Ardrock 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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