Porch Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 December 1995. Cottage.

Porch Cottage

WRENN ID
second-rubblework-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Flintshire
Constituency
Alyn and Deeside MP: Sir Mark Tami (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
8 December 1995
Type
Cottage
Address
Porch Cottage, Bagillt
OS grid reference
SJ 213 744
Coordinates
53.26109, -3.17979
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Porch Cottage is one of a group of cottages likely built in the 18th century by the London Lead Company, known for being the first to use coal for smelting lead and for producing much of the silver used in English coinage in the early 18th century.

The cottage is constructed of brick, rendered and limewashed, with a slate roof and a tall stepped chimney on the left. The front features a roughly central doorway with a boarded door and a 20th-century porch. To the right is a small Yorkshire sash window, while to the left is a larger Yorkshire sash window. Also to the left is a lean-to with two doors, and the front roof slope is steeper than that of the rear. The rear includes a clasping extension made of corrugated material, two windows set at the eaves, and two broad ground floor windows.

Porch Cottage is a rare example of an industrial workers' cottage from this period and is listed for its group value with other nearby cottages and Gadlys Woods Farm.

Local climate

Porch Cottage receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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