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

Bakers Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1985
Type
House
Address
Bakers Cottage, Upper Icknield Way, Princes Risborough
OS grid reference
SP 819 043
Coordinates
51.73206, -0.81473
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bakers Cottage is a house that originally dates back to the 16th century, consisting of two bays, with an extension added to the east in the 18th century and another extension in the 20th century. The original bays feature a timber frame with whitewashed brick infill, and the jetty is underbuilt with whitewashed brick. The 18th-century bay to the right is constructed of similar brick in English bond. The house has a thatched roof that is hipped to the right, with brick chimneys located on the left gable, to the right, and between the right bays.

The building is two storeys tall. The left bay contains a three-light wooden casement window with arched glazing bars on the ground floor. The right bays have irregular leaded casements, with each first-floor window consisting of three lights. There is a 20th-century door situated between the right bays. The right extension is made of whitewashed brick with a tiled roof, while there is an outshot of whitewashed brick with some timbering at the rear. The left gable features a lean-to, leaded casements, and a small blocked 16th-century three-light window with chamfered mullions.

Inside, the cottage reveals more timber framing, wind-braces, and queen strut trusses, with many of the timbers having been reused.

Local climate

Bakers 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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