Cobwebs is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Cobwebs

WRENN ID
peeling-pier-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Cobwebs, 16, Rosemary Lane, Haddenham, HP17 8JS
OS grid reference
SP 742 094
Coordinates
51.77878, -0.92584
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cobwebs is a cottage that dates back to the 17th century, with extensions from the early 19th century and alterations made in the early 20th century. The building is constructed of witchert, which is colourwashed and rendered, featuring masonry scribing, and it has a rubblestone plinth. The cottage consists of two bays and is 1½ storeys high, topped with a half-hipped thatch roof.

An early 19th-century wing is set back from the main structure, consisting of two bays and two storeys, with old tile roofs. The main entrance is a central door, flanked by 2-light leaded casements. The central stack, which forms a lobby entry plan, has three tall moulded and enriched Tudor style flues with concaved octagonal caps, built around 1920 by the builder Webb of Haddenham. The early 19th-century wing also features leaded casements and a hipped roof, along with two gabled wings at the rear and two additional Tudor style brick flues from around 1920. The main house has a thatched outshot. Inside, there are inglenook fireplaces and stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.

Local climate

Cobwebs receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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