Church Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1983. Cottage. 13 related planning applications.
Church Cottage
- WRENN ID
- pale-alcove-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 December 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Church Cottage, Waltham Road, Ruscombe, RG10 9UB
- OS grid reference
- SU 797 763
- Coordinates
- 51.48063, -0.85253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that has been altered and extended in the 20th century. It is partly timber-framed with brick infilling, with patches of red brick and an old tile gabled roof. A gabled dormer window has been added, alongside a 17th-century chimney on the west gable. The building has an irregular plan. It is one and a half storeys high, and features 20th-century leaded casement windows, two of which incorporate older glass, and a 20th-century entrance door. 20th-century extensions are situated on the northeast and west sides.
Local climate
Church 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 13 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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