Windy Ridge is a Grade II listed building in the Bracknell Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1972. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Windy Ridge
- WRENN ID
- deep-pinnacle-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Constituency
- Bracknell MP: Peter Swallow (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1972
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Windy Ridge, Bracknell Road, Crowthorne, RG45 6AR
- OS grid reference
- SU 849 650
- Coordinates
- 51.37834, -0.78147
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Windy Ridge is a cottage that has been converted into a house. It dates from the late 18th century and has been altered and extended in the 19th and late 20th centuries. The building is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features an old tile hipped roof. Originally, it had a two-cell rectangular plan, with an extension added to the right and further extensions at the rear.
The exterior consists of one and a half storeys, with two chimneys topped with clay pots; one chimney has a corniced head and is located on the rear wall of the original structure, while a 20th-century chimney is found on the end rear gable of the extension. The southeast entrance front is symmetrical, featuring two bays with 20th-century casement windows. The ground floor windows are set under segmental brick arches. There are also two gabled dormers that break the eaves, and a 20th-century gabled entrance porch with a plain 20th-century door. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Windy Ridge 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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