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

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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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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  • 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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