Owls Nest is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Owls Nest
- WRENN ID
- first-roof-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Owls Nest, Sedrup Green, Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell, HP17 8QN
- OS grid reference
- SP 799 114
- Coordinates
- 51.79618, -0.84229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Owls Nest is a cottage from the 18th century that has been altered. It is constructed of witchert, which is rendered and painted, and features a thatched roof that is hipped at the south end and half hipped at the north end, with a chimney located over the gable end. The building is one storey with an attic. The front elevation has a central boarded door flanked by two-light leaded casements on either side. There are small casements in the south wall and a two-light casement in the west wall.
Local climate
Owls Nest receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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