Knoll Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1987. House. 3 related planning applications.
Knoll Cottage
- WRENN ID
- silver-clay-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Knoll Cottage, Henley Road, Medmenham, SL7 2HE
- OS grid reference
- SU 804 845
- Coordinates
- 51.55386, -0.84064
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Knoll Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, featuring two original bays with a later lean-to at the eastern end and extensions added around 1967 to the west and south. The original bays are constructed with timber framing, which has whitewashed render infill and one exposed curved brace on the south side. The lean-to is made of flint and brick, with part of it also whitewashed, while the 1967 extensions are built from whitewashed brick. The roof is tiled, with the 17th-century section covered in old tiles and a brick chimney located at the eastern end.
The cottage has two storeys. On the south side, there are three-light wooden casements in the right bay and 20th-century metal casements in the left bay. The north side features a door in the right return of the lean-to, single wooden lights in the narrow exposed part of the original building, and 1967 catslide extensions in front of the remaining structure. The extension includes barred wooden casements. Inside, the timber framing is visible, showcasing large curved braces to the central truss, slight spine beams, and old board doors.
Local climate
Knoll Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- 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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