Willow Wands is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. 3 related planning applications.
Willow Wands
- WRENN ID
- slow-moulding-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1983
- Address
- Willow Wands, Brimpton Road, RG7 4SP
- OS grid reference
- SU 558 653
- Coordinates
- 51.38476, -1.19932
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Willow Wands is a 17th-century cottage located on the east side of Brimpton Road in Brimpton. It is timber-framed with brick nogging and has a thatched roof with tiled eaves, half-hipped to the left. The roof features a stack on the left side and three gabled dormers. The cottage is one-and-a-half storeys high and has three framed bays. The front has three windows, all 20th-century casements. A door is located between the first and second windows from the right.
Local climate
Willow Wands receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- 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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