Numbers 49 and 51 (Shire Cottage) is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Numbers 49 and 51 (Shire Cottage)
- WRENN ID
- other-glass-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Numbers 49 and 51 (Shire Cottage), Aylesbury End, Beaconsfield
- OS grid reference
- SU 944 902
- Coordinates
- 51.60304, -0.63826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 49 and 51, known as Shire Cottage, are a pair of cottages originally dating to the 17th century, but with a refronting in the 18th century. They are constructed of brick, colourwashed white, and have a hand-made tile roof with a brick cornice. The cottages are two storeys high. The first floor has two sliding casement windows set under the eaves. On the ground floor, there are two board doors within a simple, open-gabled porch, and two two-light casement windows, each with a cambered relieving arch.
Local climate
Numbers 49 and 51 (Shire Cottage) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
- 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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