Nora's Ark is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Cottage.
Nora's Ark
- WRENN ID
- iron-baluster-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Nora's Ark, 1, West End, Weston Turville
- OS grid reference
- SP 852 107
- Coordinates
- 51.78906, -0.76584
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nora's Ark is a 17th-century cottage that has been altered. It features a timber frame with colourwashed brick infill and a half-hipped thatched roof. The cottage has a central brick chimney with a dentil oversailing course and a gabled eaves dormer on the south side. It is one storey and has an attic, with a central door and modern casements that include diamond leaded glazing.
Local climate
Nora's Ark receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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