Beales Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. A C17 Cottage.
Beales Cottage
- WRENN ID
- standing-remnant-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Beales Cottage, Ermin Street, Lambourn Woodlands, RG17 7SJ
- OS grid reference
- SU 329 752
- Coordinates
- 51.47568, -1.5268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beales Cottage is a 17th-century cottage located in Lambourn Woodlands. It is built of flint with brick dressings and features horizontal bands. The cottage has a thatched roof that is hipped to the left and half-hipped to the right, with a ridge chimney positioned to the left of center. There are three square eaves dormers, each with timber casements. To the left, there is a later brick extension that includes a three-light cambered-headed casement. The central entrance door is situated under a simple porch, and to the right, there is a four-light casement.
Local climate
Beales 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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 2 transactions since 2006
- No related consent applications matched
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