Bowles Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1982. House. 5 related planning applications.

Bowles Cottages

WRENN ID
riven-bronze-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1982
Type
House
Address
Bowles Cottages, 1 and 2, Chalfont St. Giles, HP8 4LW
OS grid reference
SU 977 927
Coordinates
51.62537, -0.5889
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Bowles Cottages comprises two dwellings, numbers 1 and 2, dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, situated on the south-east side of Chalfont St Giles. Number 2 is a 17th-century cottage exhibiting red stretchers and grey header bricks, topped with an old tile roof. The roof features a front pitch extended upwards to form gabled ends with two right-angle roofs. The cottage is one and a half storeys high and has two bays, incorporating paired casement windows and a plain door with a bracketed hood. A band course runs along the front. Number 1 is an 18th-century building of three bays and two storeys, with a hipped dormered attic. It is constructed of red brick with an old tile roof and end stacks. It has a band course and flush-framed barred sash windows to the front, with casements in the dormers. The central door features a bracketed hood and a six-panel door. A modern two-storey brick and tile extension is situated at the rear.

Local climate

Bowles Cottages 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
  • 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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