The Windrush Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. Cottage.
The Windrush Cottage
- WRENN ID
- frozen-corbel-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Windrush Cottage, Kintbury Road, Inkpen
- OS grid reference
- SU 377 648
- Coordinates
- 51.38146, -1.45919
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Windrush Cottage is an 18th-century cottage with a 20th-century extension, located on Kintbury Road in Inkpen. It features a rectangular plan, constructed of painted brick with a half hipped thatched roof. The building is one and a half storeys tall and has a central chimney. There are two eaves dormers that are cut into the thatch. The single storey 20th-century extension includes an entrance door on the east side, and there are one two-light and one three-light 20th-century casement window.
Local climate
The Windrush Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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