Quaint Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1981. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Quaint Cottage
- WRENN ID
- winding-cinder-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Quaint Cottage, 3, Chilton Road, Long Crendon, HP18 9BU
- OS grid reference
- SP 694 089
- Coordinates
- 51.77519, -0.99438
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century cottage located on the south-west side of Chilton Road in Long Crendon. The cottage is constructed of rubble stone, possibly witchert, and has a colour-washed rendered exterior. It has a thatched roof, hipped on the left side. The front features a central door, a two-light casement window to the left, and a three-light casement window to the right. Two two-light casement windows are present on the first floor. A large stone and brick stack is situated on the right-hand gable, and two small windows are visible in the left-hand gable.
Local climate
Quaint 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 57% 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 — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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