Heriots is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1983. Cottage. 7 related planning applications.
Heriots
- WRENN ID
- ragged-brick-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Heriots, Wokingham Road, St. Nicholas, Hurst, RG10 0RX
- OS grid reference
- SU 802 724
- Coordinates
- 51.44579, -0.84715
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 17th-century timber-framed cottage with three bays, located on the west side of Wokingham Road in St Nicholas Hurst. The frame is filled with colourwashed brick, and the roof is tiled. A large chimney incorporating a bread oven is on the east gable. The cottage has two storeys. The south front features a gabled porch and 20th-century casement windows. A large 20th-century extension is present on the north side. The interior retains original timbers, including braces and chamfered joists with run-out stops.
Local climate
Heriots sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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