Bay Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1983. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Bay Cottage
- WRENN ID
- turning-ember-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Bay Cottage, Cold Ash Hill, RG18 9PS
- OS grid reference
- SU 511 697
- Coordinates
- 51.42449, -1.26504
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bay Cottage is an 18th-century cottage located on Cold Ash Hill in Cold Ash. It is constructed of red brick with grey brick headers, and has a thatched roof with end stacks to the left and right. The cottage is one-and-a-half storeys in height, with two eyebrow dormers. It has two bays, and features three wooden casement windows with segmental heads. A 20th-century gabled porch sits in the centre. A later extension has been added to the rear and sides of the building. It is listed at group value for its significant contribution to the area.
Local climate
Bay 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1999
- 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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