Lilac Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. Small house. 1 related planning application.

Lilac Cottage

WRENN ID
hollow-pilaster-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 1987
Type
Small house
Address
Lilac Cottage, Mill Street, Islip, OX5 2TA
OS grid reference
SP 526 139
Coordinates
51.822, -1.2376
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lilac Cottage is a small house located on Mill Street in Islip, dating from the early to mid-18th century, with an extension added in the late 18th century. The building is constructed of limestone rubble and features wooden lintels. It has thatched and Welsh-slate roofs, along with brick gable stacks. The house has a two-unit plan that extends to the rear and stands two storeys high. The front facade has two windows, which are two-light casements, with the upper floor windows being smaller. To the left of the centre, there is a doorway that features a canopy supported by carved wooden consoles. A slated section at the rear of the house returns from the left gable wall. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Lilac 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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