April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1983. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
April Cottage
- WRENN ID
- muted-rafter-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- April Cottage, Winterbourne, RG20 8BB
- OS grid reference
- SU 456 723
- Coordinates
- 51.44827, -1.34485
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Cottage is an 18th-century cottage located in Winterbourne. It is constructed of painted brick and has a hipped thatched roof. The cottage features three stacks: one on the ridge above the right-hand door, one to the right, and an end stack to the left. All the windows are 20th-century casements. The ground floor layout, from left to right, includes a window, a door, two windows, another door, and a final window. There are five first-floor windows. A gabled porch shelters the door to the right. A one-storey addition extends from the right side, incorporating a casement window.
Local climate
April Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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 — 1 transaction since 2010
- 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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