Cottrell Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 July 1995. Lodge.
Cottrell Lodge
- WRENN ID
- fossil-merlon-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1995
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- Cottrell Lodge, Tre-Hill, St. Nicholas and Bonvilston
- OS grid reference
- ST 079 741
- Coordinates
- 51.45913, -3.32656
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Cottrell Lodge is a one and a half storey building constructed of local coursed limestone rubble, topped with a long straw thatched roof. It features a single storey lean-to extension at the western end, which has a slated roof. The front elevation includes four later modern timber casement windows, with two smaller casements positioned above them. There is a rubblestone chimney stack on the west gable. The east elevation has a hipped apsidal shape, with a central doorway and a thatched bonnet porch above it. On either side of the door, there is a timber ribbon mullion with four lights. The rear elevation has no windows.
The interior is accessed through an early 19th century hallway at the eastern end. The original single cell layout, which has a gable entry form, remains undivided and is heated by a substantial open fire at the western end, featuring a modern surround within the opening. A stone stair from the gable entry is located on the north side of the fire. The ceiling has a 19th century joist beam structure, with some early joists still visible. There is a small kitchen located in the later lean-to on the western end. The roof structure from the 19th century is visible beneath the thatch, showcasing exposed principal beams.
Local climate
Cottrell Lodge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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