Fox Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1955. Cottage. 6 related planning applications.
Fox Cottage
- WRENN ID
- swift-groin-thistle
- 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
- Fox Cottage, the Straight Mile, Waltham St. Lawrence, RG10 0QP
- OS grid reference
- SU 830 741
- Coordinates
- 51.46065, -0.80659
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fox Cottage is a cottage dating from the early 17th century, with alterations made in the late 19th and 20th centuries. It features a timber frame with painted brick infill and an old tile gabled roof. The building has a rectangular plan consisting of three framed bays, along with small extensions on the left side and at the rear. It stands two storeys tall, with a chimney on each gable end topped with clay pots.
The south-facing road front has three bays and includes 2-light casement windows. The two outer windows on the first floor have small glazed gablets positioned above the eaves level. There is a 20th-century enclosed gabled entrance porch with a plain door and a window on each side. Inside, the timber frame is exposed, showcasing straight braces and windbraces.
Local climate
Fox Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% 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 52% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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