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
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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