White Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Cottage.
White Cottage
- WRENN ID
- floating-rampart-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- White Cottage, Leckhampstead
- OS grid reference
- SU 429 769
- Coordinates
- 51.48975, -1.38336
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features a painted render exterior and a hipped thatched roof, with a tiled extension. The building has a simple rectangular plan, including a small extension to the west and southeast. It is one storey high with an attic, and has an off-centre chimney on the east ridge, as well as an end chimney on the east side. The south elevation includes one glazing bar sash window with an exposed box frame to the left, a three-light casement window in the small extension to the right, and a two-light casement window in the dormer above. There is a central boarded door beneath a latticed timber porch, along with a 20th-century door in the small extension to the left.
Local climate
White Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2026
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