Cottage, Dorneywood is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1985. Cottage.

Cottage, Dorneywood

WRENN ID
mired-beam-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 April 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Cottage, Dorneywood, Dorneywood Road, Burnham
OS grid reference
SU 938 848
Coordinates
51.55488, -0.64757
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cottage at Dorneywood, dating from the 17th century, was formerly known as Dorneywood Farm Cottage and originally consisted of two cottages. The building has been extensively restored and features a timber frame with red and blue brick nogging and a handmade tile roof. The east elevation includes two modern 2-light casements in oak frames, a board door with a timber hood supported by brackets, and another 2-light window. To the right, there is a recessed section with exposed timber framing, followed by a modern extension. The west elevation has two storeys plus an attic, featuring four gabled dormers. The first floor includes one 3-light window, two 2-light windows, a modern timber-framed bay window, and a smaller glazed bay window. The ground floor has two 2-light casements and two 3-light casements. On the left side, there is a modern addition built using old bricks.

Local climate

Cottage, Dorneywood sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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