Signpost Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
Signpost Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sacred-window-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Signpost Cottage, the Square, Chilton, HP18 9LU
- OS grid reference
- SP 687 115
- Coordinates
- 51.79807, -1.00487
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Signpost Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with the east and west walls reclad in 1718. It features a timber frame with brick dressed rubblestone casing on the east and west gable elevations, and plaster infill within the framing. The roof is thatched. The building consists of three bays and two storeys, with two blocked doors on the front that date from when the house was divided into cottages in the late 18th century. There is a rubble plinth and three two-light leaded casements. Gable stacks are present, and the gable elevations have brick quoins and gable above bands. The left gable has a blocked oven opening. A date plaque under the left chimney indicates '1718'. At the rear, there are one-storey lean-to additions to the outer bays, with exposed framing between.
Local climate
Signpost 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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