Gower Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage.

Gower Cottage

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Gower Cottage, Church Street, Great Shefford
OS grid reference
SU 382 752
Coordinates
51.4748, -1.45054
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gower Cottage is a cottage dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. It features a combination of painted brick and timber framing with brick infill. The roof is covered with old tiles, and there is a large central chimney at the center of the east wing, along with a smaller chimney at the center of the west wing. The building is arranged in an L shape.

The east wing has two storeys, with timber framing on the first floor and a gable facing the road that shows remnants of a jetty. There is a central casement window on each floor, and an extension with a catslide roof to the left. The west elevation includes one casement window and a plain boarded door beneath a gabled hood, with a sash window above. The west wing is one storey with an attic, constructed of brick, and features two irregular casement windows along with a plain boarded door beneath a gabled hood and a gabled dormer above. There are also garage doors located at the far right.

Local climate

Gower Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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