The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1984. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lesser-storey-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, the College, Marsh Gibbon, OX27 0HW
- OS grid reference
- SP 647 233
- Coordinates
- 51.90495, -1.06013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a timber-framed cottage dating from the 17th to early 18th century, located in Marsh Gibbon. Originally a single-cell building, it has been altered and extended and is now rendered in whitewashed cob. The thatched roof is hipped on the left side, and it features an external chimney to the right gable, built with a whitewashed rubble stone base and brick above. A further brick stack is located centrally. The cottage is 1½ storeys high with three small bays. The two right-hand bays contain paired barred wooden casements; the rightmost window is under a thatch eyebrow dating from the 19th century, while the others are 20th century replacements. These windows all have timber lintels. A central ledged board door provides access. A 20th-century extension projects from the left-hand bay. A rear lean-to constructed of cob and featuring two very small windows provides access to the rear of the property, and is tiled.
Local climate
The 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1995
- 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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