The Dell is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1983. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
The Dell
- WRENN ID
- south-hearth-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Dell, Byle's Green, Bucklebury, RG7 6SA
- OS grid reference
- SU 545 690
- Coordinates
- 51.41776, -1.21755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dell is a 17th-century cottage with 19th-century alterations. It is timber-framed and has been refaced with brick. The roof is tiled, half-hipped, and features a central ridge stack and two gabled dormers. The cottage is of a lobby entrance type and has two framed bays, with a 1½-story design. A central 20th-century gabled porch with a glazed door sits between three 19th-century, three-light, segmental-headed casement windows.
Local climate
The Dell receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 2008
- 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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