The Ruin is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1982. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Ruin
- WRENN ID
- young-gravel-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1982
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Ruin, 6, Church Street, Winslow, MK18 3AN
- OS grid reference
- SP 768 276
- Coordinates
- 51.94185, -0.88331
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century cottage located on the west side of Church Street in Winslow. The upper floor and left gable are timber-framed with whitewashed plaster infill, while the ground floor is rendered. The roof is slate, with a brick stack on the left side. The cottage has one storey and an attic, originally comprising two bays. It has 20th-century paired barred wooden casement windows on the ground floor, and a similar casement in a dormer window. A 20th-century door is located on the left side.
Local climate
The Ruin sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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 — 4 transactions since 2000
- 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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