Sarcens is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1982. Cottage. 6 related planning applications.
Sarcens
- WRENN ID
- sombre-footing-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1982
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Sarcens, Upper Lambourne, RG17 8QN
- OS grid reference
- SU 317 800
- Coordinates
- 51.51889, -1.54358
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sarcens is a cottage dating from the 16th century, with later additions, located in Upper Lambourn. It has two storeys and features a thatched roof that slopes down between the first-floor windows. The front is constructed of sarsen rubble and brick, with some timber framing visible at the rear. The building consists of two structural bays, with the right bay dating from the 17th to 18th century, featuring squared sarsen and brick quoins.
The first floor has three modern casement windows, while the ground floor has four irregular casements and a six-panelled stable-type door positioned to the right of centre. To the left, there is a small one-storey bakehouse extension from the 18th century. At the rear, there is a small extension with a catslide roof.
Inside, the cottage has chamfered and stopped beams in the central two bays, and the roof is supported by queen post and strut trusses. A tie on the truss between the right end bay and the right central bay has mortices for a diamond mullion window.
Local climate
Sarcens 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
- 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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