Cowley House is a Grade II listed building in the Hillingdon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1973. House.

Cowley House

WRENN ID
low-quoin-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hillingdon
Constituency
Uxbridge and South Ruislip MP: Danny Beales (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 1973
Type
House
Address
Cowley House, High Street
OS grid reference
TQ 053 826
Coordinates
51.5328, -0.4829
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cowley House is an 18th-century building that was altered and enlarged in the 19th century. It is constructed of brown brick with red dressings and features three storeys, with five sets of three double-hung sash windows that have flat arches. The building has pilasters at the corners that extend through the first and second storeys. On the left side, there is a two-storey splayed bay, while the right side has a 19th-century stone porch with a cement-finished second storey and a parapet. The cornice is topped with modern blue pantiles.

Inside, there are decorations that have survived from the mid-18th century. On the first floor, the rooms in the northeast and southeast corners feature original panelling; one has a box cornice, and the other has a chimney piece with marble inserts. The ground floor southeast room also has a similar chimney piece and panelling, while the southwest room showcases decorative plasterwork and a later marble fireplace of good quality.

Local climate

Cowley House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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