Elder Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Cottage.

Elder Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
endless-stone-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Elder Tree Cottage, Lower Green Lane, Chearsley
OS grid reference
SP 720 105
Coordinates
51.78899, -0.95619
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Elder Tree Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with additions made in the 1930s. The original structure is timber framed with plastered infill and has thatched roofs. It consists of a two-bay, two-storey section, which is complemented by a southeast wing that is two bays and two storeys, built in stone with a rendered upper floor and two-light leaded casement windows. The front facing the street features a false jettied gabled addition with planted timber framing and plastered infill, along with a tile-roofed lean-to on its left side. The original part of the house has a central door on the garden or southwest front, which is sheltered by a modern thatched porch. The windows include leaded two-light casements, with some located in the roof. There is a 17th-century stack on the right side and another stack to the right of the 1930s bays. Inside, the cottage features chamfered and stopped spine beams, as well as a chamfered and stopped fireplace lintel.

Local climate

Elder Tree 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 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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