Church Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1984. House. 1 related planning application.

Church Cottage

WRENN ID
tilted-rotunda-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 July 1984
Type
House
Address
Church Cottage, 134, Wycombe Road, Great Missenden, HP16 0HJ
OS grid reference
SU 874 996
Coordinates
51.68912, -0.73615
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Cottage, located at No 134 on Wycombe Road in Prestwood, was built in 1849 by E B Lamb. It uses similar materials to the nearby Vicarage and School. The cottage features modern tiles, a cupola with a pyramid roof, and a weathervane. It is two storeys high and has an L-plan layout. The windows have cambered arches made of sandstone blocks, and the dressed stone mullioned windows include a 3-light window with cusped tops in the gables. Additionally, there is a bellcote on the west gable.

Local climate

Church Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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