Fir Lane Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. House.
Fir Lane Cottage
- WRENN ID
- moated-moat-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Fir Lane Cottage, Steeple Aston, OX25 4SF
- OS grid reference
- SP 476 261
- Coordinates
- 51.93138, -1.30851
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fir Lane Cottage is a house dating from the late 18th century, constructed of limestone ashlar and rubble, with a Stonesfield-slate roof and rebuilt brick end stacks. The building has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys high. Its symmetrical front features three windows made of ashlar, complete with a plinth, a storey band, and flush architraves. The windows are 12-pane sashes, and there is a central six-panel door topped with a flat canopy. The interior has not been inspected. This cottage forms a continuous range with Fir Cottage.
Local climate
Fir Lane Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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