Rectory Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. House. 4 related planning applications.
Rectory Cottage
- WRENN ID
- mired-cobble-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rectory Cottage, North Road, Chesham Bois, HP6 5NA
- OS grid reference
- SU 966 992
- Coordinates
- 51.68379, -0.60287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rectory Cottage is an 18th-century refronting of a likely 17th-century building. It is constructed of brick in a header bond, with an old tile roof and three hipped dormers at the eaves. Modern additions include a gabled porch and a lean-to on the left side, and a small porch and a two-light casement window with a cambered arch on the right.
Local climate
Rectory 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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