April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 November 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
April Cottage
- WRENN ID
- silver-mullion-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 November 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- April Cottage, Send Marsh Road, GU23 6JP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 038 557
- Coordinates
- 51.29102, -0.51219
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 16th century, with 20th-century extensions. It has a timber frame with a whitewashed brick base and exposed frame above, filled with whitewashed brick, and features a plain tiled roof. The building is two storeys high and consists of two framed bays, with a smoke bay at the left end and a brick chimney that has been inserted. The first floor on the left shows exposed bracing. There are two casement windows on each floor, with the lower windows situated beneath a tiled pentice course. A panelled door is located at the left end, sheltered by a gabled hood.
Local climate
April Cottage 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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