Chequers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1983. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Chequers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- empty-alcove-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Chequers Cottage, Boxford, RG20 8BY
- OS grid reference
- SU 432 701
- Coordinates
- 51.42861, -1.3787
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chequers Cottage is a pair of cottages, now combined into a single dwelling, dating to the 18th century with 20th-century additions. It is constructed of painted brick and has a hipped thatched roof with a half-hip to the right side. Three stacks are positioned along the ridge of the roof. The roof slopes upwards over the attic windows. The front elevation has four windows to the left of the entrance door and three windows to the right. There are four attic windows. All windows are casements, some with leaded lights.
Local climate
Chequers Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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