Cherry Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1974. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Cherry Cottage
- WRENN ID
- other-portal-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cherry Cottage, Green Lane, Great Missenden, HP16 0QE
- OS grid reference
- SP 879 003
- Coordinates
- 51.69501, -0.72892
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cherry Cottage is a 20th-century building located on Green Lane in Prestwood, Great Missenden. It is a two-storey structure constructed primarily of brick with a tile roof, and features a traditional architectural style characterised by gables and some areas of tile hanging. An earlier, two-storey section is attached, finished with whitewashed render and a central chimney stack. The building is listed for its historical significance as the former residence of the first Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, who served as Prime Minister.
Local climate
Cherry 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 5 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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