Poughley Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1990. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Poughley Cottage
- WRENN ID
- winter-copper-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 April 1990
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Poughley Cottage, Lambourn, RG17 7JN
- OS grid reference
- SU 345 773
- Coordinates
- 51.49427, -1.50399
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Poughley Cottage is a cottage from the 18th century, featuring a timber frame with sections of painted brick and painted render infill. It has a hipped and half-hipped thatched roof and is designed in an L-shape with three framed bays on one side and a pent roof at the rear. The cottage is one and a half storeys tall and has a central ridge chimney topped with a corniced head and clay pots. The windows include 18th and 20th century casements. Notable architectural details include a projecting plinth, open eaves, and a thin-sectioned timber frame that is visible on all sides, complemented by long diagonal braces. The entrance is located on the south-west front and features two bays with three-light 18th century leaded windows that break the eaves at the upper level. At ground level, there are two 2-light windows and a thatched, gabled porch leading to a glazed entrance door.
Local climate
Poughley 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- 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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