Cottage to North of Missenden Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1983. A C18 Cottage.

Cottage to North of Missenden Abbey

WRENN ID
moated-gutter-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Cottage to North of Missenden Abbey, High Street, Great Missenden, HP16 0BD
OS grid reference
SP 896 010
Coordinates
51.70101, -0.70434
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century cottage located to the north of Missenden Abbey. It is constructed of flint and brick, which is rendered and painted, and features an old tiled roof. The cottage has two storeys, with a half-glazed door on the right that is sheltered by a lean-to tiled canopy supported by brackets. There is a second door and four casement windows on the ground floor, all of which have cambered heads. The left gable facing the road has a triple blank gothic-headed arch feature. Additionally, there is a single-storey outhouse attached to the right side of the cottage.

Local climate

Cottage to North of Missenden Abbey sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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