Rectory Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Rectory Cottage
- WRENN ID
- young-flagstone-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rectory Cottage, the Green, Hardwick, HP22 4DU
- OS grid reference
- SP 805 190
- Coordinates
- 51.86456, -0.83168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rectory Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the mid-18th century. It is constructed of rubble stone and timber framing with brick infill to the rear, while the front predominantly features chequer brickwork with vitreous headers, a first-floor band course, modillion brick eaves, and a rubble stone plinth. The roof is tiled. A brick chimney, featuring a moulded base and arched stone panel, sits between the left bays, with later brick chimneys to the gables. The house is two storeys and an attic, with three bays. The windows are 3-light wooden casements with single horizontal glazing bars; ground-floor windows have segmental heads. A lobby entry between the left bays has a panelled door, with a top light, set within a wooden architrave frame and panelled reveals. A flat wooden cornice hood forms part of a trellis porch. The right gable shows band courses to each floor and 2-light casements, one serving the attic. There is a lean-to addition to the rear.
Local climate
Rectory Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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 2007
- 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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