Numbers 1, 2 and 3 The Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1986. Cottage.
Numbers 1, 2 and 3 The Cottages
- WRENN ID
- sharp-joist-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Sherwood Forest MP: Michelle Welsh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Numbers 1, 2 and 3 The Cottages, Blind Lane, Oxton
- OS grid reference
- SK 630 516
- Coordinates
- 53.05871, -1.06097
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 1, 2, and 3 The Cottages are a row of three cottages built in the late 18th century to early 19th century. They are constructed of red brick with a pantile roof and feature two gable and one ridge red brick stacks. The eaves are adorned with dentil detailing. The cottages are two storeys high and consist of eight bays. The left six bays have a first-floor band, while the right two bays were added in the 19th century.
From left to right, the ground floor includes a single sash window, a doorway with a plank door and an open wood porch with a plain tile gabled roof, a small glazing bar casement, a glazing bar casement, another doorway with a similar door and porch, a single casement, a doorway with a door under a segmental arch and a similar porch, and a single small casement. The first floor features, from left to right, two glazing bar casements, a single small glazing bar casement, two glazing bar casements, a single small glazing bar casement, and a single glazing bar casement.
Attached to the right is a single-storey, two-bay extension made of red brick with a pantile roof, which includes a doorway with a plank door and a single Yorkshire sash window to the right.
Local climate
Numbers 1, 2 and 3 The Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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