The Rosary is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. A Medieval Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Rosary
- WRENN ID
- sunken-pedestal-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Rosary, Dark Lane, Chearsley, HP18 0DA
- OS grid reference
- SP 719 105
- Coordinates
- 51.78877, -0.95769
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rosary is a cottage that dates from the medieval period, with elements from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is constructed of witchert that has been colourwashed and rendered, with a roughcast gable facing the lane. The cottage features a half-hipped thatch roof and consists of two bays and two storeys. The entrance is located between the left-hand bays and in front of the stack on the north-west side. The windows are irregular casements, mostly modern, with two eyebrow windows in the thatch on the south-east elevation and one on the north-west elevation. Inside, there are remains of a medieval cruck truss, with a single blade located to the south of the stack. The left ground floor room has a chamfered and stopped spine beam, while the other beams are chamfered only.
Local climate
The Rosary 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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