April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1976. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
April Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gilded-tallow-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- April Cottage, 24, Old End, Padbury, MK18 2BE
- OS grid reference
- SP 715 304
- Coordinates
- 51.96793, -0.96044
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Cottage and No. 25 comprise a pair of cottages dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, with later alterations. The construction incorporates exposed timber framing, colour-washed stone, brick, and roughcast rendering. The roof is covered with shingles, and a gable features shingles. There are two brick stacks. The cottage at No. 24, on the right, has four bays with paired and single casement windows, horizontal sliding sash windows in the right-hand bay, and a lobby entry in the second bay from the right. No. 25, to the left, has two bays, with a 20th-century extension and an entry to the right. Both bays of No. 25 have 20th-century casement windows.
Local climate
April Cottage 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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 — 3 transactions since 2004
- 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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