Garden Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1982. House. 2 related planning applications.

Garden Cottages

WRENN ID
turning-dormer-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1982
Type
House
Address
Garden Cottages, 1 and 2, the Hill, Penn, HP7 0NH
OS grid reference
SU 933 951
Coordinates
51.64785, -0.65279
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These are two 17th-century timber-framed cottages with red brick nogging and a tiled roof, situated on the east side of Penn The Hill. They have a central chimney. The cottages are two storeys high. Modern porches have been added to the front, and each floor has three modern steel windows. The house is two bays wide, with exposed timber framing visible on the north gable and rear wall. Modern extensions have been made to number 2.

Local climate

Garden Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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 — 6 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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