Fern Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Fern Cottage
- WRENN ID
- moated-wall-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Fern Cottage, Lower Road, Hardwick, HP22 4DZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 807 191
- Coordinates
- 51.86512, -0.82914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fern Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the mid-18th century. It is constructed of red and vitreous brick, featuring a roughly chequered pattern and a band course at the first floor. The building has a moulded brick and render plinth, and the gables include some timber framing with brick infill. The roof is half-hipped and thatched, topped with a central brick chimney. The house has one and a half storeys and consists of two bays. It features three-light wooden casements, with those on the first floor set into the thatch. There is a central half-glazed door located within a 20th-century timber porch. To the right, there is a small single-storey extension from the 20th century, which has a hipped tile roof.
Local climate
Fern Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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 1995
- 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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