Oakley Cottage and Lichen Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1967. House. 3 related planning applications.
Oakley Cottage and Lichen Cottage
- WRENN ID
- deep-gravel-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Oakley Cottage and Lichen Cottage, Main Street, Bosbury, HR8 1PX
- OS grid reference
- SO 695 433
- Coordinates
- 52.08801, -2.44564
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oakley Cottage and Lichen Cottage are a house, originally probably dating from the 15th century, that has been altered in the 20th century and is now divided into two tenements. The building is timber-framed with painted brick infill, largely refaced with brick and painted sandstone rubble, and has sandstone stacks with brick shafts. The original layout was a central hall with flanking cross-wings, facing north. The left side is now Oakley Cottage, and the right side is Lichen Cottage. Entrances are now located in the gable ends of the cross-wings. A stack is situated on the west end, and another rear lateral stack is on the central block.
The two-storey building has a gable-end to the left cross-wing, with a three-light casement window on the first floor and a two-light window above a ledged door to the right. The central block has been completely refaced with brick, and contains two two-light 20th-century windows on the first floor and a similar window on the ground floor. The gable-end of the right cross-wing has a three-light casement window, and a bay window to the right of a recessed doorway with a panelled door.
The timber framing is largely complete in the cross-wings, with close studding visible above the ground floor refacing. Fragments of decorative bargeboard remain on the gable end of the left cross-wing.
Local climate
Oakley Cottage and Lichen Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- 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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