Fir Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1983. Cottage.
Fir Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- quartered-passage-fen
- 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
- Fir Tree Cottage, Winterbourne
- OS grid reference
- SU 456 738
- Coordinates
- 51.46201, -1.344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fir Tree Cottage is a 17th century cottage that has undergone later alterations. It features a combination of brick and timber framing with brick nogging, topped by a tiled and thatched roof. The cottage has two stacks, one located on the ridge above the door to the right and another behind the ridge to the left. The front of the building is irregular, with seven windows, all of which are casements. There are three eyebrow semi-dormers and one framed bay, with half bays on either side. The structure includes angled braces and has a door with a gabled porch situated to the left of the first window from the right.
Local climate
Fir Tree Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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