Malt Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Malt Cottage
- WRENN ID
- salt-barrel-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Malt Cottage, Leckhampstead, RG20 8RB
- OS grid reference
- SU 451 764
- Coordinates
- 51.48484, -1.351
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Malt Cottage is a late 18th-century brick cottage located on Hill Green, Leckhampstead. It is constructed of grey bricks with red dressings, and has a plain tiled roof. The building has a rectangular plan with an extension to the south. The west elevation features a central forward break with a gabled pediment. A chimney is located centrally on the main block and another at the junction of the blocks. The forward break includes a slight recess rising full height to a semi-circular arched top, flanked by three-light casement windows; the ground-floor windows have cambered heads. A central boarded door is situated below an insurance plaque.
Local climate
Malt Cottage 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 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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