Cornerstones Laburnham Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Pair of cottages.
Cornerstones Laburnham Cottage
- WRENN ID
- high-parapet-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Pair of cottages
- Address
- Cornerstones Laburnham Cottage, Lower Winchendon, Nether Winchendon
- OS grid reference
- SP 731 120
- Coordinates
- 51.80256, -0.94124
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cornerstones and Laburnham Cottage are a pair of cottages dating from the 17th century, with a 19th-century addition on the left. They are timber framed with plastered infill sitting on a rubblestone plinth. The left bay is constructed of rubblestone with brick dressings, and there is a brick lean-to on the left with an old tile roof. The main roof is covered with concrete pantiles. The cottages have four bays and two storeys.
The second bay from the left features an off-centre glazed door. The two left bays, known as Cornerstones, have two-light casement windows, while the upper floor windows are horizontal sliding sashes. The right-hand two bays, referred to as Laburnham Cottage, have three-light casement windows on the ground floor, with the first floor containing two two-light casements in the third bay and one two-light casement in the right bay.
There are stacks located between the middle bays and at the gables, with the right-hand stack having a rubblestone base and offsets. Inside, the cottages feature an inglenook fireplace and stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.
Local climate
Cornerstones Laburnham Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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