Spring Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1981. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Spring Cottage
- WRENN ID
- steep-storey-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Spring Cottage, Front Street, East Garston, RG17 7HW
- OS grid reference
- SU 364 768
- Coordinates
- 51.48963, -1.47584
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Spring Cottage is a cottage dating back to the 17th century, with an 18th-century extension and a later re-fronting. The exterior is largely brick, with some late timber framing visible on the right side. The rear timber frame is rendered over a flint and brick base, and the roof is thatched, with a hipped section to the right. A brick chimney, dated 1667 on the first floor, is located one bay from the left. The thatch has been dressed around the upper floor windows. The cottage is continuous with Highbury. It is approximately one and a half storeys high. The ground floor features C19 and modern casement windows, with those to the left having cambered heads, and there is a modern porch. Three irregular casements are on the upper floor. Inside, the cottage retains timber framing with a Queen Post roof in the second and third bays from the left. The left-hand bay appears to be a later extension.
Local climate
Spring 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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 1997
- 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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