The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1967. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Cottage
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, High Street, Streatley, RG8 9HY
- OS grid reference
- SU 591 807
- Coordinates
- 51.52249, -1.14853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is an 18th-century house with a 20th-century addition on the east side. It is constructed of red brick, featuring a rendered plinth and a plat band. The building has a dentil brick eaves cornice beneath an old tile roof that is hipped to the left, with an end stack on that side. The house is two storeys high and has two bays. On the first floor, there are two 2-light leaded casement windows, while the ground floor has two glazing bar sash windows. The 20th-century addition is set back to the left and is also made of red brick, with a dentil brick eaves cornice and a tile roof that is half hipped to the left. This addition is one storey high, featuring a glazing bar sash window to the right and an 8-panelled door to the left. The Cottage is included for its group value with nearby structures.
Local climate
The Cottage 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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