Thimble Farm Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1984. A Georgian Cottages. 4 related planning applications.
Thimble Farm Cottages
- WRENN ID
- knotted-niche-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1984
- Type
- Cottages
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Thimble Farm Cottages, Green Lane, Great Missenden, HP16 0QA
- OS grid reference
- SP 880 004
- Coordinates
- 51.69631, -0.72727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thimble Farm Cottages date to 1825. The cottages are constructed of flint and brick, with a hipped tiled roof. They are two storeys high, featuring two plain doorways, with a modern porch on the right-hand door. There are two three-light leaded casement windows on the ground floor, all with cambered arches. Four two-light leaded casement windows are located on the first floor. A date plaque is set in the centre of the building. Offset brick stacks are present on both end walls.
Local climate
Thimble Farm Cottages 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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 — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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