The White Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1982. House.

The White Cottage

WRENN ID
long-moat-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1982
Type
House
Address
The White Cottage, Little Missenden Village
OS grid reference
SU 921 988
Coordinates
51.68093, -0.66863
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White Cottage is a 17th-century timber-framed house located in Little Missenden Village. It features three bays and one and a half storeys, with leaded casement windows, two doors, and gabled upper storey windows. The roof is covered with old tiles. There is a two-storey rear extension with a tile roof attached to the right-hand bay, and a stack is positioned between the two right-hand bays. The building showcases exposed framing with plaster infill.

Local climate

The White Cottage 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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