Ivy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1984. House.
Ivy Cottage
- WRENN ID
- plain-garret-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ivy Cottage, Purley on Thames
- OS grid reference
- SU 662 763
- Coordinates
- 51.48221, -1.04799
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ivy Cottage is a house that was previously two cottages. It dates from the 17th century, with an early 18th century addition to the north. The southern part of the building is timber framed with red brick nogging, while the northern section is constructed of brick. It has a half hipped old tile roof with a partial catslide at the rear. The south front features a two-bay framed cross wing with gables on both the east and west sides.
The building is two storeys high and has a plat band to the right and a central ridge stack. On the first floor, there are two 2-light 20th century leaded casements flanking a blind window that is off-centre to the right, along with a small 20th century casement off-centre to the left. The ground floor has two 3-light 20th century leaded casements flanking a half-glazed door that is sheltered by a gabled timber porch. Additionally, there is a 2-light 20th century leaded casement in a one-storey lean-to to the right.
Local climate
Ivy Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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