Ducarts is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1983. Cottage.

Ducarts

WRENN ID
gaunt-ashlar-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Ducarts, Bushnells Lane, Stanford Dingley
OS grid reference
SU 573 712
Coordinates
51.43702, -1.17603
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ducarts is a cottage dating from around 1600. It features a timber frame with curved braces and white painted brick nogging, topped with an old tile roof that has a stack positioned in front of the ridge to the left. The building consists of two framed bays and stands two storeys high. On the first floor, there are two 2-light 19th-century casement windows, while the ground floor has a 2-light 19th-century casement window to the left and a 3-light 19th-century casement window to the right, both flanking a central 20th-century boarded door.

Local climate

Ducarts 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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