Lacey's Cottage, Middle Cottage and the End Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Lacey's Cottage, Middle Cottage and the End Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-obsidian-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Lacey's Cottage, Middle Cottage and the End Cottage, Upper Icknield Way, Princes Risborough, HP27 0LL
- OS grid reference
- SP 818 040
- Coordinates
- 51.72948, -0.8162
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of three cottages located on Upper Icknield Way, near Whiteleaf, in Princes Risborough. The cottages date from the early 17th century, with alterations and extensions in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The middle cottage retains a timber frame with a single curved brace and whitewashed brick infill. The outer cottages are constructed of flint and brick, with some parts whitewashed; the left-hand gable shows remnants of a timber frame and plaster infill. The roofs are thatched, with the left side half-hipped and the right side fully hipped. A brick chimney is situated between the left bays.
The cottages are two storeys high, originally comprising three main bays—the right-hand bay has a thatched wing extending to the rear. The windows are paired wooden casements with bars, larger on the ground floor; the left bay has two windows on the first floor. A single light window is located between the left bays, and there are single leaded lights on the ground floor of the left bay. Each bay features a board door with a segmental head. A lean-to addition is present at the rear.
Local climate
Lacey's Cottage, Middle Cottage and the End 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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