Ashridge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1987. A C15 Hall house.

Ashridge Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1987
Type
Hall house
Address
Ashridge Cottage, Wiltshire Road
OS grid reference
SU 814 696
Coordinates
51.41988, -0.8306
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ashridge Cottage is a hall house that has been converted into a residential home. It dates from the late 15th century, with extensions added in the early 17th century and further alterations and extensions in the 20th century. The building features a mix of part timber framing encased in painted brick and areas of painted brick. It has old tile roofs that are both hipped and gabled, arranged in an L-plan with two framed bays and later side and rear extensions. The cottage is partly one storey and partly two storeys high.

There is one ridge chimney located to the left of the center, along with two additional chimneys on the roof slopes at the rear. The front of the building is irregular in shape. The windows are 20th-century casements with glazing bars. The right-hand section of the cottage is from the 16th century and has a gablet that breaks the eaves, featuring three 2-light casements on the ground floor. To the left, there is a 20th-century planked entrance door with sidelights, sheltered by a hipped porch supported by four posts.

In the older section, much of the timber framing is exposed, showcasing large jowled posts and large curved wind and knee braces. The ends of the building have arch-braced collar trusses, and there is a redundant crown post truss in the center.

Local climate

Ashridge Cottage 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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