Acacia Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bracknell Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1972. House. 6 related planning applications.
Acacia Cottage
- WRENN ID
- frozen-alcove-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Constituency
- Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- Acacia Cottage, Forest Road, Binfield, RG42 4HL
- OS grid reference
- SU 843 709
- Coordinates
- 51.43173, -0.78862
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Acacia Cottage is an early 19th century villa that has been altered and extended in the 20th century. The house features painted, stuccoed walls and a slate hipped roof. It has a rectangular plan that was originally composed of four cells but has been extended at the rear.
The building stands two storeys tall and has two chimneys topped with clay pots. The exterior includes sash windows with glazing bars set in box frames. The entrance front, facing south, has two bays and features a round plaque with mythological figures in relief at the center of the first floor. The central entrance door consists of six flat panels and is flanked by panelled pilasters. Above the door is a patterned fanlight set under an elliptical arch, with a flat hood supported by latticed columns.
Inside, the ground floor contains two 19th century fireplaces. One fireplace has a cast-iron fluted surround, while the other features a fluted wooden surround with paterae in the corners.
Local climate
Acacia 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 — 4 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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