21 is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1983. A Late C15 Cottage.

21

WRENN ID
second-merlon-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 November 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
21, Ashampstead
OS grid reference
SU 575 748
Coordinates
51.4697, -1.17284
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 21 is a cottage located in Ashampstead, dating from the late 15th century, with a refacing from the 20th century. The building is timber framed and has a red brick facing, topped with an asbestos tile roof that features an end stack on the right and a gabled dormer with a two-light casement window also on the right. The cottage consists of two framed bays and is one storey high with an attic. There are two 20th-century casement windows flanking a half-glazed door that is off-centre to the left. Inside, the right-hand bay contains two crack trusses.

Local climate

21 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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