Compton Wood is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Compton Wood
- WRENN ID
- solitary-spandrel-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Compton Wood, Thornford Road, Thatcham, RG19 8EL
- OS grid reference
- SU 523 641
- Coordinates
- 51.37382, -1.24976
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th-century cottage is constructed with a timber frame, now plastered, and features an exposed queen post truss in the gable end. The roof is thatched with a hip on one side, and includes a stack slightly left of the ridge and an end stack to the left. There are three eyebrow dormers on the roof. The cottage is one and a half storeys high, with a four-window front. All the windows are casements, and there is a door located between the first and second windows from the right. A one-storey addition with a hipped roof and a 20th-century casement window has been added to the left.
Local climate
Compton Wood 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 2016
- 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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