Dragon Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. A C18 Cottage.
Dragon Cottage
- WRENN ID
- solemn-hall-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Dragon Cottage, the Broadway, Charlton-On-Otmoor
- OS grid reference
- SP 561 159
- Coordinates
- 51.83926, -1.18618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dragon Cottage is a cottage located on the north side of The Broadway in Charlton on Otmoor, dating from the early to mid-18th century. It is constructed from colourwashed limestone rubble and features wooden lintels. The roof is thatched, with a brick gable stack. The cottage has a two-unit plan and consists of one storey plus an attic. The front of the building includes a plank door and a small two-light casement window, along with a small inset dormer on the first floor. The left gable has a stack with a stepped base, while the right gable wall features additional casements with two and three lights. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Dragon Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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