Box Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Box Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- south-lead-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Box Tree Cottage, 21, Brightwalton Green, RG20 7BH
- OS grid reference
- SU 426 786
- Coordinates
- 51.50475, -1.38694
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Box Tree Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 16th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It features a timber frame with brick infill and a thatched roof. The building has a three-bay frame and a lobby entry plan, rising to one and a half storeys. There is one dormer with thatch that extends around to the east, along with an end chimney to the south and a central ridge stack.
On the east elevation, there are 20th-century casements, including a 2-light window in the left bay, a boarded door located off-centre to the left under a thatched porch, a 2-light casement in the central bay beneath the dormer, and 1-2-1 light casements situated between the framing in the right-hand bay.
Local climate
Box Tree Cottage 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 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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