Beech Hill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1987. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Beech Hill Cottage
- WRENN ID
- fallow-pewter-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Beech Hill Cottage, Beech Hill Road, RG7 2AS
- OS grid reference
- SU 695 641
- Coordinates
- 51.37218, -1.00289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beech Hill Cottage is a large cottage dating from the 16th century, with extensions from the 19th century and alterations in the 20th century. It is partly timber-framed with painted brick infill, and partly painted brick, with an old tile roof that is partly hipped and partly half-hipped. The rectangular plan encompasses five framed bays, with a 19th-century extension to the rear. The cottage has two storeys. There is one chimney on the ridge to the left, and two further flanking chimneys. Scattered 2-light casements from the early 20th century are present; the front has a plain boarded entrance door under a plain, flat porch supported by square wooden posts. The interior features visible timber framing and an inglenook fireplace.
Local climate
Beech Hill Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 2010
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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