Roff Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1987. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Roff Cottage

WRENN ID
pitched-steel-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 January 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Roff Cottage, Chapel Lane, Beech Hill, RG7 2BH
OS grid reference
SU 699 642
Coordinates
51.37303, -0.99592
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Roff Cottage is a cottage dating from around 1600, with alterations made in the 19th century and extensions added in the 20th century. The building features a mix of timber framing and painted brick, topped with a thatched hipped roof. It has an irregular plan with an outshot at the rear and originally consists of two framed bays, which have been extended on both sides. The cottage is two storeys high, with an attic and a basement, and has a central chimney.

On the entrance front, there are 19th-century wood casement windows with a horizontal bar; the first floor has two lights, while the ground floor has three lights, along with a 20th-century central entrance door set within a closed boarded porch that has a tiled gabled roof. To the left, there is a single-storey 19th-century extension, and to the right, a small two-storey 20th-century extension. Inside, some timber framing is exposed, and there is an inglenook fireplace.

Local climate

Roff Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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