Hornbeam is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Hornbeam

WRENN ID
ancient-finial-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 May 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Hornbeam, 1, Waltham Road, Twyford, RG10 9EA
OS grid reference
SU 789 759
Coordinates
51.47709, -0.86524
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hornbeam is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed of painted brick and features a gabled and hipped old tile roof. The building has a parallel ridge plan with two gables on the northeast side and stands two storeys tall.

The front facing the road has two 19th-century three-light casement windows that are irregularly spaced on the first floor, with a large chimney projecting from the wall between them. There is a closed entrance porch that contains a four-panelled door topped with a gabled roof. To the right of the porch, there is a small pent roof above another three-light 19th-century casement window. The other first-floor windows are sliding casements with glazing bars.

Local climate

Hornbeam 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 — 5 transactions since 1996
  • 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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