Fairchilds Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Fairchilds Cottage
- WRENN ID
- errant-lancet-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Fairchilds Cottage, Lambourn, RG17 7JL
- OS grid reference
- SU 346 772
- Coordinates
- 51.49296, -1.50278
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fairchilds Cottage is a 16th-17th century cottage, built with a timber frame and filled with colourwashed brick and plaster. The roof is thatched, swept down to the left and higher to the right, with a one-story hipped extension on the right side. A central chimney is present. Windows are irregular casement windows. The front door is located off-centre to the left.
Local climate
Fairchilds Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 1 transaction since 2024
- 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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