Toad Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Toad Cottage
- WRENN ID
- winter-frieze-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Toad Cottage, High Street, Upper Lambourn, RG17 8QT
- OS grid reference
- SU 310 805
- Coordinates
- 51.52271, -1.55423
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Toad Cottage is a 17th and 18th century cottage located on the north side of High Street, Upper Lambourn. It is constructed of sarsen stone with brick quoins. The roof is thatched and ½-hipped, with a flanking chimney on the right side. Two eyebrow dormers have been added, and the roofline has been raised to accommodate them. The front of the cottage features an off-centre door sheltered by a thatched porch, flanked by modern casement windows with boarded shutters.
Local climate
Toad Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 7 transactions since 1999
- 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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