The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- under-groin-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, Drayton Beauchamp, HP22 5LS
- OS grid reference
- SP 898 126
- Coordinates
- 51.80494, -0.69849
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century house that has been altered subsequently. It is timber framed with brick infill, with some sections faced in old red brick. The roof is thatched, and there are two brick chimneys. The house is L-shaped with a projecting wing to the left. The left-hand wing has a variety of casement windows: two- and three-light casements to the ground floor, a three-light upper casement and single brick segmental two-light casements with a one-light upper casement in the centre, most featuring modern leaded glazing. The north elevation has two bays of exposed timber framing and a door to the left, with windows arranged irregularly.
Local climate
The Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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 — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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