Oak Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. House. 1 related planning application.
Oak Cottage
- WRENN ID
- vacant-rotunda-twilight
- 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
- Type
- House
- Address
- Oak Cottage, Hyde End Lane, Brimpton, RG7 4RJ
- OS grid reference
- SU 552 639
- Coordinates
- 51.3718, -1.2075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oak Cottage is a house dating to the 17th century. It is timber framed with white painted brick infilling, and has a tiled roof which is hipped on the right and half-hipped on the left. There are three stacks: one on the left end, one on the central ridge, and one off-centre to the right. The house has two storeys and three framed bays, with three windows on each floor, featuring leaded casements. A two-storey gabled porch, dated to the 20th century, is located on the left. A 19th-century weatherboarded and tiled outbuilding projects from the right side. Inside, a large fireplace from the 17th century is a notable feature.
Local climate
Oak 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 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 — 4 transactions since 1996
- 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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