Darwin Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 September 2003. Cottage.

Darwin Cottage

WRENN ID
fallow-stronghold-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 September 2003
Type
Cottage
Address
Darwin Cottage, Llansilin Village, Llansilin
OS grid reference
SJ 209 282
Coordinates
52.84637, -3.17536
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Darwin Cottage is a non-symmetrical two-storey cottage featuring two windows. The exterior is roughcast with a slate roof and a tile ridge, and there is a chimney located on the left side. The upper windows have 12 panes and hornless unequal sashes, while the lower windows are similar but have 16 panes and equal sashes. The entrance door is positioned on the right side. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

Darwin Cottage receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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