Ovey's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1955. Residential. 5 related planning applications.
Ovey's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- frozen-storey-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Constituency
- Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1955
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Ovey's Farmhouse, High Street, Cookham, SL6 9SQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 896 853
- Coordinates
- 51.56015, -0.70851
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ovey's Farmhouse is a hall house that has been converted into a residential home. It dates from the late 14th century, was extended in the 16th century, and underwent alterations in the mid-20th century. The building features a timber frame with painted brick infill and has an old tile gabled roof. It is arranged in an L-plan with five bays, including a one-bay service end on the east, a one-bay cross passage, and a two-bay former hall. There is an extension to the north, and the house has two storeys plus an attic.
The chimney arrangement includes one end chimney on the left, another on the ridge that has been cut down to the right of centre, and a third early 20th-century chimney at the rear. The south front has a black rendered plinth and open eaves, with scattered three-light leaded casements set within the framing. The entrance features an old wide plank door on the right, aligned with the cross passage, and a similar but smaller door to the right of this with a small glass panel.
Inside, the timber frame is exposed, showcasing heavy joists in the service end. One of the two original door frames remains in the cross passage to the service area, featuring a pointed arched and chamfered head. An inserted inglenook chimney has been altered, and the roof was completely destroyed in the mid-20th century, replaced with a modern structure.
Local climate
Ovey's Farmhouse 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 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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