The White Cottage (Situated in the Gardens of Ickford House) is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
The White Cottage (Situated in the Gardens of Ickford House)
- WRENN ID
- unlit-pier-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The White Cottage (Situated in the Gardens of Ickford House), Little Ickford, HP18 9HR
- OS grid reference
- SP 653 071
- Coordinates
- 51.75923, -1.05479
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White Cottage, situated within the gardens of Ickford House, is a house with a medieval and 17th-century origin. The east side exhibits timber framing with cruck construction. The remainder of the exterior is colourwashed rubble stone and later brick. The roof is thatched, with a half-hipped north end. The house is one storey high with dormers. The west elevation features four casement windows and a smaller, two-light eaves dormer window. The rear, east-facing elevation has two doors and three casement windows. A small attic window is located in the north gable, and a larger window is in the south gable. Inside, two cruck trusses frame the centre bay, which contains a 17th-century inserted stack and has not been floored. The south bay contains a 17th-century spine beam with run-out stops.
Local climate
The White Cottage (Situated in the Gardens of Ickford House) 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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