Townsend Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1984. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Townsend Cottage
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire MP: Kit Malthouse (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Townsend Cottage, Townsend Road, Baughurst, RG26 5SU
- OS grid reference
- SU 563 588
- Coordinates
- 51.32559, -1.19283
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Townsend Cottage is a mid-19th century dwelling, originally two cottages that have now been combined into one. It has an L-shaped layout and two and a half storeys, with a two-window frontage to the south. The roof is tiled, with half-dormer gables. A substantial brick stack features four diagonal flues. The walls are red brick, with a Flemish bond pattern. The ground floor windows are cambered, and the windows are casement type. There are two gabled porches.
Local climate
Townsend Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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 — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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