River Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
River Cottage
- WRENN ID
- deep-chancel-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- River Cottage, Boxford, RG20 8DP
- OS grid reference
- SU 427 714
- Coordinates
- 51.44085, -1.38686
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
River Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that features a timber frame, rendered exterior, and a thatched roof that is half-hipped to the north. It has stacks located to the left and to the right of the center. The building consists of one storey and an attic, with the roof sweeping up over the attic windows. The east front has three windows on the ground floor and two on the first floor to the left, all of which are casements. There is a later one-storey addition to the south that is of no special interest. Additionally, there are 19th-century single-storey outbuildings made of brick, tile, and thatch adjoining to the north, which are considered important in relation to the road.
Local climate
River 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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