Christmas Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 1985. A C17 Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Christmas Cottage
- WRENN ID
- shifting-hinge-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Christmas Cottage, 43, Brightwalton Village, RG20 7BN
- OS grid reference
- SU 426 792
- Coordinates
- 51.51062, -1.38689
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Christmas Cottage is a mid-17th century cottage with 20th-century extensions. It is timber-framed with painted brick infill, and brick extensions. The original, one-bay section has a thatched roof, while the extensions have tiled roofs. A chimney is located at the south end. The west elevation features a 2-light casement and a door in the extension to the left. The central section has two 2-light casements on the first floor, and a 2-light and a 3-light casement on the ground floor.
Local climate
Christmas Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 3 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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