Birds Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.
Birds Cottage
- WRENN ID
- wild-tracery-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Birds Cottage, 18, High Street, Titchmarsh, NN14 3DF
- OS grid reference
- TL 023 795
- Coordinates
- 52.40484, -0.49621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Birds Cottage is a late 17th-century house located on the south side of Titchmarsh High Street. The building was altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of regular coursed limestone and has a thatched roof. The original plan was likely for two or three units. It is a single-story building with an attic. The front elevation has a four-window range of 19th-century style casement windows, each set under a lintel made of wood and concrete. Similar casement windows are found in eyebrow dormers in the attic. A 20th-century door is located to the right of the centre, also under a wood lintel. A brick stack is situated at the end of the building. A bay to the left was remodelled in the 20th century. A 20th-century lean-to extension to the left gable has a plain-tile roof. The interior was not inspected. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
Birds Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 1 transaction since 2001
- 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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