Alscot Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. House.

Alscot Cottage

WRENN ID
burning-spandrel-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1985
Type
House
Address
Alscot Cottage, Alscot Lane, Princes Risborough, HP27 9RU
OS grid reference
SP 803 044
Coordinates
51.73327, -0.83794
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Alscot Cottage is a 17th-century house that has been altered over time. The left gable features a timber frame with brick infill, some of which is laid in a herringbone pattern. The front of the house was rebuilt in brick during the 18th and 19th centuries. It has a half-hipped roof covered with old tiles and two external brick chimneys, one on the left and another between the right bays. The building is two storeys high and has three bays. The windows are three-light barred wooden casements, with the ground floor windows having segmental heads. There is a central door, and a 20th-century extension has been added to the rear.

Local climate

Alscot 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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