Hill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1978. House.

Hill Cottage

WRENN ID
quiet-loggia-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1978
Type
House
Address
Hill Cottage, Bowstridge Lane, Chalfont St. Giles
OS grid reference
SU 990 932
Coordinates
51.62946, -0.57081
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hill Cottage is an early 19th-century building that has been altered. It stands two storeys high and features three bays. The exterior is pebbledashed, and it has a slate roof with projecting box eaves. The openings have ogee heads, and the sash windows are fitted with Gothic glazing bars. There is a modern central door topped by an original fanlight with Gothic glazing bars. Stone steps lead up to the door, and there are flanking stacks on either side.

Local climate

Hill Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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