Black Boy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1954. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Black Boy Cottage

WRENN ID
dusted-rubblework-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Wycombe MP: Emma Reynolds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1954
Type
Cottage
Address
Black Boy Cottage, High Street, West Wycombe, HP14 3AE
OS grid reference
SU 829 946
Coordinates
51.64436, -0.80272
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Black Boy Cottage is a 18th-century building located on the south side of High Street in West Wycombe. It has been much restored and is constructed of red brick with an old tiled roof. The cottage is two storeys high, featuring a ground floor double hung sash window and a first floor casement window, both of which are flush set with glazing bars. There is a modern door and a single storey wing with one window on the left side. The cottage is listed as Grade II for its group value, as it is part of a collection of significant buildings including adjoining outbuildings and nearby public houses and residences.

Local climate

Black Boy 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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