Chestnuts is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Chestnuts

WRENN ID
unlit-pinnacle-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Chestnuts, Reading Road, Checkendon, RG8 0QT
OS grid reference
SU 656 826
Coordinates
51.53929, -1.05428
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Chestnuts is a cottage dating from the 18th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. The exterior features cement render with false timber framing, which likely covers original timber framing, and has a plain tile roof with rendered brick stacks. The cottage is a single storey with an attic and has a three-window range. There is a plank door at the center, topped by a gabled hood supported by shaped brackets. To the left, there is a 19th-century three-light wooden casement window, while to the right of the center, there is a three-light 20th-century wooden casement, and a three-light metal casement to the far right. The building also has two gabled dormers and end stacks. To the left, there is a single storey wing that features a plank door with a gabled hood on shaped brackets. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Chestnuts 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 79% 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 55% 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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