Star Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1986. A C19 House.
Star Cottage
- WRENN ID
- other-vestry-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Star Cottage, Finings Road, Lane End
- OS grid reference
- SU 805 917
- Coordinates
- 51.61903, -0.83839
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Star Cottage is a house from the early 19th century, constructed of brick with a front featuring vitreous headers and red dressings. It has dentil eaves and an old tile roof, along with flanking brick chimneys. The building is two storeys high and consists of three bays. The ground floor has tripartite barred sashes with cambered heads in the outer bays, while the first floor features 3-pane sashes. The central entrance has a 6-panelled door with panelled reveals and a flat wooden hood that has a panelled soffit. Above the door, there is the base of a Union fire insurance plaque. There are lower extensions to the right and an outshot at the rear.
Local climate
Star 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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