River Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1983. House. 2 related planning applications.
River Cottage
- WRENN ID
- vast-storey-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 December 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- River Cottage, Church Street, Wargrave, RG10 8EP
- OS grid reference
- SU 784 785
- Coordinates
- 51.5007, -0.87106
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
River Cottage is a small house dating from the late 18th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. The exterior is roughcast and painted, topped with a hipped slate roof. The building has two storeys and features a road front with two bays of sash windows, the first-floor windows having glazing bars and all equipped with Venetian shutters. The central entrance door is six-panelled, with panelled reveals, an architrave surround, and a dentil cornice. There is also an old insurance plaque located at first-floor level. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
River 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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 — 7 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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