Ivy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. A C17 Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Ivy Cottage
- WRENN ID
- third-glass-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Ivy Cottage, 31, Upper Hartwell, Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell, HP17 8NZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 790 125
- Coordinates
- 51.80639, -0.85542
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ivy Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that has been altered. It is constructed from rendered witchert, rubble stone, and some brick, all of which are colourwashed. The cottage features a thatched roof that is half-hipped to the left-hand side, and it has a large central brick chimney with shafts. There are three eaves dormers that are integrated into the thatch. The building is one storey with an attic and has a lean-to porch at the centre, which is covered by the continuation of the thatched roof. The door is located on the right-hand flank, with a modern two-light leaded casement window on each side. To the left-hand gable, there is a modern conservatory, and above it, a three-light attic casement window. The rear elevation includes two dormers, a five-light oak mullioned window with old glass situated below the eaves, and three ground floor casement windows. Inside, there is a large central stack with an inglenook fireplace on each side and ovens. The left-hand room features a large chamfered spine beam that is supported on a moulded bracket.
Local climate
Ivy 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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