The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1994. House.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
lesser-portal-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
31 January 1994
Type
House
Address
The Cottage, Acton
OS grid reference
SJ 337 510
Coordinates
53.05278, -2.98964
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in a vernacular revival style, featuring roughcast render over brick and a red plain tiled roof. It is one and a half storeys high and has an L-shaped plan. The original entrance, located in a flat-roofed porch on the rear elevation, is now disused. The front elevation showcases a central gable above a loggia on the ground floor, which is supported by timber posts. There is a four-light casement window in the gable, along with a wood mullioned casement and French windows below. A glazed porch is situated in the left-hand angle, and there is another four-light casement window to the right. A stack is positioned against the rear wall and connects to the main roofline via a gablet. The right return elevation features two gables, with a single upper window in the left-hand gable, a stair window, and two three-light casement windows in the right gable. A former range of outbuildings, which ran parallel to the main range, has been rebuilt and incorporated into the house. While there have been some alterations to the internal layout, the original arrangement of rooms largely remains intact. The original plan included a central hall with a dining room and sitting room on either side, a ground floor bathroom, and a kitchen and scullery in the wing beyond the stairs.

Local climate

The Cottage receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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