Old World Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. Cottage.
Old World Cottage
- WRENN ID
- salt-tracery-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old World Cottage, Kintbury
- OS grid reference
- SU 400 648
- Coordinates
- 51.38168, -1.42558
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old World Cottage is a cottage dating from the early 17th century, with 20th-century extensions and alterations. It features a combination of brick and timber framing with brick infill, topped by an old tiled roof that has a half hip on the east side. The building has a T plan with 20th-century extensions added to the center, south, and west. It consists of three timber-framed bays and has a ridge chimney located to the east of the central timber-framed bay.
On the north elevation, there are three 20th-century gabled eaves dormers in the center, along with one 20th-century casement window in each of the left-hand bays. A wide lean-to 20th-century porch covers the center right bay, which includes one 20th-century casement window and a door, as well as a three-light casement window in the 20th-century extension to the right.
Inside, the timber frame is exposed, and there is an early 17th-century painted text on a beam that formed the top of the partition on the ground floor between the west bay and the original central bay. The text reads: "Whether ye eate or else do drynke be sure upon the Lorde allm, and yuse al f all this is the counsell of saynt poull." There are further traces of painting on other beams and joists throughout the interior.
Local climate
Old World 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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