Malt Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1984. House. 4 related planning applications.

Malt Cottage

WRENN ID
peeling-entrance-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 October 1984
Type
House
Address
Malt Cottage, Inkpen, RG17 9PZ
OS grid reference
SU 371 639
Coordinates
51.37371, -1.46819
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Malt Cottage is a Grade II listed building located in Inkpen, originally two cottages now combined into one. It dates from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The cottage features a south part constructed of painted brick and a north part made of timber frame with brick infill, topped with a thatched roof. It has a rectangular plan, is five bays long, and has one and a half storeys with a half-hipped roof. There are chimneys located in the second and fourth bays, and four eaves dormers are cut into the thatch.

On the west elevation, there is a two-light casement window to the left, a door located under the chimney, a three-light casement and a two-light casement in the central bays, and a door with a two-light casement in the right-hand bay. The casements are an irregular mix of 18th and 19th-century windows.

The interior has not been inspected. Malt Cottage is recognized for its substantial representation of the evolution of vernacular building traditions from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Local climate

Malt Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 5 transactions since 1996
  • 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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