The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- second-rood-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatched Cottage, Barford Road, South Newington
- OS grid reference
- SP 408 330
- Coordinates
- 51.99479, -1.40644
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched Cottage is a late 17th-century cottage located on the south side of Barford Road in South Newington. It is constructed of coursed rubble with a hipped thatched roof and a brick end stack to the left. The cottage has a two-unit plan and a single storey plus an attic. A 20th-century door to the left has a wooden lintel and a gabled hood. Three 20th-century windows are present on the ground floor, each with a wooden lintel. A swept dormer to the attic features a two-light casement. Internally, the cottage has a chamfered beam and bressumer to the fireplace, along with a winder stair. The attic bedrooms contain common rafters and a ridge piece.
Local climate
The Thatched Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 2002
- 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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