Rectory Lane Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1983. Cottage.
Rectory Lane Cottages
- WRENN ID
- rusted-sill-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rectory Lane Cottages, 1 and 2, Bradfield
- OS grid reference
- SU 602 723
- Coordinates
- 51.44652, -1.13372
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rectory Lane Cottages are two cottages located on the west side of Rectory Lane in Bradfield. They date from the late 17th century and have been altered and added to in the 20th century. The cottages are timber framed and have later pebbledash facing, with an old tile roof. The left side features a cross wing with a 3-light casement window in the gable, while the right side has a 20th-century hipped dormer with a 2-light casement. There is a stack in front of the ridge, offset to the left, and another stack at the rear. The cross wing consists of two framed bays and the cottages are 1½ storeys tall. On the ground floor, there are two 20th-century casement windows. To the left, there is a boarded door with a glazed panel and a 20th-century gabled timber porch, and to the right, a half-glazed door with a 20th-century gabled porch. Inside, the ground floor room on the left features a chamfered beam, joists, wall plate, and a chamfered shallow arched fireplace lintel.
Local climate
Rectory Lane Cottages receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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