Horseshoe Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. A Medieval House. 1 related planning application.

Horseshoe Cottage

WRENN ID
hollow-bonework-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1985
Type
House
Period
Medieval
Address
Horseshoe Cottage, Princes Risborough, HP27 9LT
OS grid reference
SP 815 052
Coordinates
51.73996, -0.82033
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Horseshoe Cottage is a house that dates back to the 15th century, with alterations and extensions made in the 17th century, early 19th century, and 20th century. The exterior walls were rebuilt in brick in the early 19th century, with some flint present at the rear. The rear walls are whitewashed, and the left gable features some weatherboard cladding. The cottage has an old tile roof that is half-hipped to the left, with a brick chimney situated between the right bays.

It is a single storey with an attic and consists of three bays. The windows are wooden casements with single horizontal glazing bars, including two three-light and two two-light windows on the ground floor, one of which is in a blocked doorway between the left bays, all featuring segmental heads. There are also two-light gabled dormers at the eaves line in the left bays. A 20th-century gabled brick porch is located between the right bays, and there is a 20th-century two-storey brick extension at the rear.

Inside, the left bay has flanking cruck trusses, original purlins, curved wind-braces, and heavy floor joists. The centre bay features a stop-chamfered spine beam.

Local climate

Horseshoe 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
  • 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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