Plumtree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1972. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Plumtree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sunken-rafter-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1972
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Plumtree Cottage, North Heath, Winterbourne, RG20 8UD
- OS grid reference
- SU 455 745
- Coordinates
- 51.46794, -1.34582
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Plumtree Cottage is a 16th or 17th-century cottage located in North Heath, Winterbourne. It is timber-framed with brick nogging and has a half-hipped tile roof. A brick stack is situated on the ridge to the left, and there is one gabled dormer window. The cottage has one and a half storeys and two framed bays. There are two casement windows to the left of the central door. A 20th-century, one and a half to two-storey brick addition of no particular interest has been added to the left side. Traditionally, the cottage is associated with Cromwell's encampment prior to the Battle of Newbury.
Local climate
Plumtree Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2013
- 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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