Croft Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Croft Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gentle-lantern-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Croft Cottage, Croft Lane, Kintbury, RG17 9TS
- OS grid reference
- SU 382 669
- Coordinates
- 51.40009, -1.45161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Croft Cottage is a cottage dating from the early 17th century, with additions and alterations from the 18th century. It features painted brick walls and an old tile roof that is hipped to the east and sweeps down over an outshut to the south. The cottage is one and a half storeys high, with an end chimney to the west and a central chimney located between the main building and the outshut to the south. There is a band at the first floor level.
On the north elevation, there are two gabled eaves dormers with decorative iron glazing bars. To the left, there is a small casement window with a cambered head, followed by a three-light central casement with shutters. To the right, there is a plain 20th-century casement and a two-light casement with shutters, all featuring decorative iron glazing bars.
Local climate
Croft 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 — 2 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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