Cottage to rear of Morris Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 November 1990. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Cottage to rear of Morris Cottage
- WRENN ID
- seventh-lead-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1990
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cottage to rear of Morris Cottage, 1 Heol-Y-Doll, Machynlleth, SY20 8BH
- OS grid reference
- SH 744 011
- Coordinates
- 52.5934, -3.85427
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a two-storey cottage, likely dating from the 18th century, situated to the rear of Morris Cottage. The front facade is characterised by a rubble construction with an L-window arrangement, presenting pairs of windows symmetrically. Number 5 has been whitewashed. The roofs are slate-covered and feature three rendered and truncated chimney stacks. The windows vary: numbers 1, 2, and 4 have nine and twelve-pane sash windows, number 3 has small-pane metal frame casements, number 5 has been modernised, and number 6 has nine and four-pane sash windows on the ground floor. All windows have slate lintels. The doors are boarded for numbers 1, 2, and 4; number 1 has a four-pane overlight, number 3 features a four-panel door, number 5 has a modern door, and number 6 has a half-glazed door. A low rubble rear wall is present, featuring a blocked central doorway. The cottage was unoccupied at the time of inspection in September 1989.
Local climate
Cottage to rear of Morris Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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