The Old Inn Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. Cottage.

The Old Inn Cottage

WRENN ID
tattered-cornice-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 March 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
The Old Inn Cottage, Welford
OS grid reference
SU 395 717
Coordinates
51.44344, -1.43277
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Inn Cottage is a 17th-century cottage constructed of painted brick with exposed timber framing and a half hipped thatched roof. It features a lobby entry plan with two bays of frame and is one and a half storeys tall with a central stack. On the south elevation, there are three-light timber casements on either side of a central door, which is set in a gabled 20th-century porch.

Local climate

The Old Inn Cottage 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 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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