Sheep Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1976. Row of cottages. 3 related planning applications.
Sheep Cottages
- WRENN ID
- far-mantel-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1976
- Type
- Row of cottages
- Address
- Sheep Cottages, 21-27, Amersham Road, Little Chalfont, HP6 6SW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 000 977
- Coordinates
- 51.66976, -0.55462
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of cottages, originally eight but now comprising four properties, located on Amersham Road in Little Chalfont. Nos. 21 and 23 date from the early 19th century, constructed of red brick with a tiled roof, featuring two ridge stacks and six flat-headed dormers. The eaves are detailed with dentil brickwork. The cottages are one storey high with an attic. They have segmental arched ground floor openings. Nos. 25 and 27 were built in the mid-19th century, also of brick, with No. 25 incorporating rubble flint panels. These cottages have a tiled roof, ridge stacks, dentil brick eaves, and are two storeys in height. They also feature segmental brick arched ground floor openings, along with modern windows and modern lean-to, tiled porches.
Local climate
Sheep 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 11 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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