The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Cottage. 8 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- quiet-keystone-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, Church Hill, Badby
- OS grid reference
- SP 559 587
- Coordinates
- 52.22446, -1.1828
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a cottage dated 1774. It is constructed of coursed squared ironstone with an asbestos tile roof and 20th-century brick end stacks. The building follows a two-unit plan and has a two-storey, two-window front. A central four-panel door has a timber lintel, above which is a stone inscription reading WT/1774. There are three-light, 20th-century aluminium casement windows to both the ground and first floors, each with a timber lintel. A 20th-century garage extension is situated to the right. Inside, the cottage features die-stop-chamfered spine beams and an open fireplace with a bread oven and a die-stop-chamfered bressumer. The roof contains a central collar truss with clasped principals. Group Value: The building contributes to the group value of buildings in this location.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 7 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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