Charity Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bracknell Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1972. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Charity Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tangled-grate-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Constituency
- Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1972
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Charity Cottage, Stubbs Hill Lane, Binfield, RG42 5NP
- OS grid reference
- SU 850 719
- Coordinates
- 51.43988, -0.77748
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Charity Cottage is a cottage that has been converted into a house. It dates from the early 18th century and has been altered and extended in the mid and late 20th century. The building is constructed of painted brick and features a steeply pitched tile roof. Originally, it had a rectangular plan with two cells, but it has been extended to the west and now has a gabled extension at the rear, forming an L-shape.
The cottage stands two storeys tall with an additional one-and-a-half storeys. It has two chimneys, each with cornices and clay pots; the chimney on the left has a broad base. At the rear, there are two gabled dormers. The windows are a mix of 19th and 20th-century casements. The front elevation, which faces north, was originally three bays but now includes a single bay extension on the right. The centre window on the first floor has been blocked, and there is a plain wooden door below that is now disused. The main entrance has been relocated to the rear and is sheltered by a plain, bracketed hood. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Charity Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction 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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