5 and 6, Westfield Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1977. Cottage. 9 related planning applications.

5 and 6, Westfield Cottages

WRENN ID
ragged-loggia-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 October 1977
Type
Cottage
Address
5 and 6, Westfield Cottages, Medmenham, SL7 2HQ
OS grid reference
SU 798 845
Coordinates
51.55415, -0.84981
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

5 and 6 Westfield Cottages are a pair of semi-detached estate cottages built around 1900, likely designed by Romaine Walker for Mr. Robert Hudson of Danesfield. The lower storey is constructed of red brick in English bond, featuring a dentil string above the doors and battered buttresses on either side of the front. The upper storey is rendered and colourwashed, topped with a half-hipped plain tile roof and a central brick chimney with an offset cap. The cottages are one storey with an attic and consist of two bays.

On the ground floor, there are 4-light barred wooden casements with leaded top-lights, chamfered and offset brick sills, and stop-chamfered wooden lintels. The attic features 3-light barred wooden casements in gabled dormers, adorned with richly carved and cusped bargeboards. There are board doors on the left and right, framed by moulded brick surrounds and semi-circular brick arches above painted terracotta tympana made from local Medmenham ware. The tympana depict the labours of the months of May and June, with No. 5 illustrating yoked horses harrowing and No. 6 showing the corn harvest. The doors retain their original brass handles and numbers. These cottages are part of a set of 12.

Local climate

5 and 6, Westfield Cottages 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 9 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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