Thornton Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1984. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Thornton Cottage
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Thornton Cottage, Inkpen, RG17 9QR
- OS grid reference
- SU 377 639
- Coordinates
- 51.37294, -1.45881
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thornton Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is constructed of white painted brick and features a thatched roof. The building has a long rectangular plan with a lobby entry and stands at one and a half storeys high. There are four eaved dormers with thatch dressed round casements, as well as end and centre stacks. The cottage has casement windows with cambered heads, including three-light and two-light windows on the south end, and three two-light windows on the north end. A central door is located in a gabled porch. There is a one-storey extension on the north side. Inside, some timber framing is visible in the west wall, which is covered by a later outshut.
Local climate
Thornton Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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
- 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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