Daffodil Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1985. House. 3 related planning applications.

Daffodil Cottage

WRENN ID
final-spandrel-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1985
Type
House
Address
Daffodil Cottage, High Street, Grendon Underwood, HP18 0ST
OS grid reference
SP 679 208
Coordinates
51.88225, -1.0142
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Daffodil Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century that has been altered over time. It features a timber frame with whitewashed brick infill, while the left gable is made of whitewashed rubble stone. The cottage has a thatched roof and flanking brick chimneys, one of which is from the 20th century. The building is 1½ storeys high and consists of 2 bays. On the ground floor, there are 20th-century leaded casement windows with tiled hoods. The first floor has two 19th-century three-light wooden casements beneath the thatch. The entrance is located in a small 20th-century porch extension on the right side. Significant extensions were added to the rear of the cottage between 1973 and 1974. Inside, the cottage features heavy framing with diagonal braces, chamfered spine beams, a rubble stone fireplace with a stop-chamfered cambered lintel, and diagonal wind braces.

Local climate

Daffodil 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 59% 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 — 2 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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