The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Cottage

WRENN ID
steep-ember-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 May 1984
Type
House
Address
The Old Cottage, Main Road, Dunton, MK18 3LW
OS grid reference
SP 821 242
Coordinates
51.91035, -0.80688
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Cottage is a house that was formerly two cottages, dating from the 17th century. It has been altered and extended over time. The structure features a timber frame with whitewashed render over brick infill, as well as rubble stone and a rendered plinth. The roof is tiled and from the 20th century, with flanking brick chimneys. The building stands two storeys tall and has three and a half bays, including a half-bay to the right that originally served as a lobby entry.

The windows on the first floor consist of four paired leaded casements, while the ground floor has an irregular arrangement: a single leaded light in the half-bay, paired barred wooden casements to the left and in the third bay, and double doors with leaded glazing in the second bay. To the right, there is a 20th-century extension that has been altered and rebuilt; it is made of brick with a tiled roof, stands one storey tall, and has two bays. This extension features a 20th-century three-light leaded casement to the left and a half-leaded two-light casement to the right. Access to the rear is available.

Local climate

The Old 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 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
  • 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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