Bower Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1986. House.
Bower Cottages
- WRENN ID
- worn-merlon-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bower Cottages, Ambury Road, Aldworth
- OS grid reference
- SU 554 798
- Coordinates
- 51.51453, -1.20187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bower Cottages is a house that has been converted into two houses, dating from the late 16th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. The building is constructed of brick, featuring some timber framing, and has tiled roofs. It has a T-shaped plan, consisting of three bays to the north and a two-bay crosswing to the south. The structure is two storeys high, with a brick band at the first floor of the crosswing and patterned tile hanging on the gable. There is a central ridge chimney at the junction of the blocks and another ridge chimney at the centre of the main block.
On the east elevation, the crosswing to the west has a three-light casement window on the first floor, with a two-light casement window to the left and a half-glazed door to the right. The main block to the right features two three-light casement windows on the first floor and three two-light casement windows on the ground floor, along with a central half-glazed door from the 20th century.
Local climate
Bower Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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