St Michael's Cottage and Iron Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1955. Cottage.

St Michael's Cottage and Iron Railings

WRENN ID
dusk-ember-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Constituency
Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1955
Type
Cottage
Address
St Michael's Cottage and Iron Railings, Church Lane, Bray
OS grid reference
SU 901 796
Coordinates
51.50856, -0.70199
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Michael's Cottage, located on Bray Church Lane, is a Grade II listed building that dates back to the late 16th century but was mostly rebuilt in the early 19th century. The cottage is constructed of brick and features a queen post roof truss that is visible in the east gable, topped with an old tile gabled roof. It has a rectangular plan and is situated next to the lych gate on the west side. The building has two storeys, with a one-storey extension on the south side.

At the top, there is a ridge chimney with three diamond-shaped shafts set on a weathered rectangular base, complete with offset heads and clay pots. The east front of the cottage is gabled and adorned with 19th-century moulded bargeboards. On the first floor, there is a two-light diamond-leaded casement window that projects slightly and is topped with a small pent tiled roof.

In the centre of the east front, there is a 19th-century gabled porch that originally had a planked door, which is now disused. The entrance to the cottage has been moved to the internal angle on the south side. Additionally, there are 19th-century spear-headed iron railings on a small brick plinth wall, which adjoin the east side and include a gate in the return section.

Local climate

St Michael's Cottage and Iron Railings 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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