Old Solomons is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1972. Cottage.
Old Solomons
- WRENN ID
- over-clay-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Constituency
- Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1972
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Solomons, Dean Lane, Cookham
- OS grid reference
- SU 875 857
- Coordinates
- 51.56343, -0.73817
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Solomons is a cottage dating from the late 16th century, with extensions added in the late 17th century and alterations made in the 20th century. The structure is timber framed with brick infill and features an old tiled gabled roof, along with a cat slide roof at the rear. Originally, it had an L-shaped plan consisting of two by one framed bays, which was later extended to a rectangular plan. The cottage is two storeys high and has a gable chimney on the left side, set upon a flint plinth.
The south front includes one four-light casement window on the first floor to the left, which is set in a projecting frame supported by brackets. On the ground floor, there are two two-light casement windows flanking a plain entrance door located to the left of centre, which is sheltered by a simple tiled gabled porch supported by wooden posts. On the east gable, there is a clay date panel that has been re-set, inscribed with "GTM 1673." Inside, some of the timber frame is exposed.
Local climate
Old Solomons sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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