Squirrel Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
Squirrel Cottage
- WRENN ID
- frozen-latch-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Squirrel Cottage, Kendrick's Road, Newbury
- OS grid reference
- SU 459 643
- Coordinates
- 51.37625, -1.34169
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Squirrel Cottage is a pair of cottages dating from around 1720, now used as a single residence. Originally known as Kendrick's Charity, the building is one-and-a-half storeys tall and features two windows on each side. It has a tiled roof with half-hipped gables and a brick ridge stack. The structure is made of brick and includes gabled dormer casements, as well as 19th-century casement windows. The doorway of the former eastern cottage has been replaced by a window, while a framed doorway with the date 1720 is located on the lintel and is topped by a gabled hood. These cottages were once part of Kendrick's Morning Prayer Charity, which was established in 1624.
Local climate
Squirrel Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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