The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1987. House.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gentle-paling-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, Cold Higham
- OS grid reference
- SP 660 525
- Coordinates
- 52.16759, -1.03636
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, dating from the early to mid-18th century. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone and features a plain-tile roof with brick ridge and end stacks. The building has a three-unit plan and consists of two storeys plus an attic, with a three-window range.
The entrance is a four-panel door located to the right of centre, set in a pegged wood surround, with a wood lintel and a straight hood supported by brackets. The ground and first floors have three-light casement windows, each with wood lintels. There is a blocked door to the left of centre, which has been partially filled with a two-light casement window that also has a wood lintel.
Inside, the Cottage features stop-chamfered spine beams and two open fireplaces, each with stop-chamfered bressumers.
Local climate
The Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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