Fir Tree Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. Cottages. 2 related planning applications.
Fir Tree Cottages
- WRENN ID
- tall-steeple-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Fir Tree Cottages, Main Street, West Ilsley, RG20 7AA
- OS grid reference
- SU 474 825
- Coordinates
- 51.53976, -1.31791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fir Tree Cottages are a pair of cottages dating from the 18th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. They are constructed of painted brick and feature a tiled roof. The cottages are arranged in a U shape, with a 20th-century extension added to the north of the west wing.
The building is two storeys high and has central and flanking ridge chimneys on the south block, with an off-centre ridge chimney on the north side of the west wing.
On the south elevation, there are four casement windows: two two-light windows on the first floor and three-light windows on the ground floor. The entrance is a central hoarded door located between the first and second windows from the right.
The west elevation features two windows: a two-light window on the first floor and a three-light window on the ground floor, along with a flanking boarded door that has a gabled hood. There are also two small irregular windows on the far left.
Local climate
Fir Tree Cottages 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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