Carnaby Cottage and the Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Milton Keynes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1984. Cottage.
Carnaby Cottage and the Cottage
- WRENN ID
- scarred-rubblework-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North MP: Chris Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Carnaby Cottage and the Cottage, Higham Cross Road, Hanslope
- OS grid reference
- SP 789 472
- Coordinates
- 52.11829, -0.84773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Carnaby Cottage and The Cottage are a pair of cottages dating from the 18th century. They are constructed of rubblestone and topped with thatch. Each cottage has two bays and is one storey high, with dormer windows. The doors are located on the southeast elevation, and the windows are irregular casements. There are flanking and a shared central brick chimney stacks. Additionally, there are one storey extensions at each end, with the southwest extension featuring a pantiled roof.
Local climate
Carnaby Cottage and the Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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