Gatehouse Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. A 18th century Cottage.

Gatehouse Cottages

WRENN ID
fallow-gable-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1985
Type
Cottage
Period
18th century
Address
Gatehouse Cottages, 1, Thame Road, Chilton
OS grid reference
SP 688 115
Coordinates
51.79803, -1.00328
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gatehouse Cottages is an 18th-century cottage constructed from rubblestone with brick dressings and features moulded brick eaves. It has a hipped roof covered with old tiles. The cottage is two storeys high and consists of two bays. The central entrance has a boarded door, and there are two 2-light casement windows. The ground floor openings are topped with segmental brick arches, and there are stacks on either side of the building. The left flank wall of this cottage is adjacent to No. 2 Gatehouse Cottages.

Local climate

Gatehouse Cottages 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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