Old Sawpit Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Cottage.
Old Sawpit Cottage
- WRENN ID
- white-wattle-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Sawpit Cottage, School Lane, Chearsley
- OS grid reference
- SP 719 106
- Coordinates
- 51.78978, -0.95762
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Sawpit Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that has been altered over time. The south front is made of colourwashed rubblestone, while the north front features a timber-framed first floor and a brick ground floor. The cottage has three bays and is 1½ storeys high. The eastern bay, which is closest to the road, was modified around 1982 and is finished in colourwashed render. The roof is covered with old tiles.
The north side has a door and mostly two-light casement windows. The south front includes two gabled dormers, each with two-light windows. The modern bay has extended eaves and a three-light oriel window facing south. The east gable features a glazed door flanked by casements, along with two-light casements in the gable. On the west side, there is a large rubblestone chimney stack that shows signs of weathering and has dressed quoins, with a brick flue.
Local climate
Old Sawpit 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 77% 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 57% 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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