Peacocks is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Peacocks
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-sandstone-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Peacocks, School Road, St. Nicholas, Hurst, RG10 0DR
- OS grid reference
- SU 798 737
- Coordinates
- 51.45741, -0.85199
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Peacocks is a cottage that dates from the late 18th century, with later alterations to a 17th-century timber-framed structure. It features an outshut at the rear with a catslide roof and is colourwashed on roughcast with an old tile roof that is half hipped. The building stands two storeys high with attics.
On the northeast front, there are two late angular bay windows on the first floor, each with a small cornice and cill supported by brackets. The ground floor has a 3-light timber casement window on the left and a 4-light window on the right, along with a half-glazed 20th-century central door beneath a 19th-century porch. The southeast front has a similar bay window in the upper right corner, also featuring a half hipped old tile roof.
Inside, many original timbers are visible, including some joists that have chamfers and stopped ends.
Local climate
Peacocks 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 — 3 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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