Milton Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. A C17/early C18 House. 2 related planning applications.
Milton Cottage
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-pilaster-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Milton Cottage, High Street, OX15 4HH
- OS grid reference
- SP 450 351
- Coordinates
- 52.01282, -1.3451
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milton Cottage is a house located on Milton High Street, dating from the 17th to early 18th century. It is constructed of regularly coursed ironstone rubble and features a steeply pitched thatched roof with two brick stacks at the ends and along the ridge. The building has a three-unit plan and is a single storey plus attic, with a six-window range. There is a 20th-century doorway to the left and three 20th-century windows to the right, along with a flocked door to the right and five 20th-century windows in the attic. The windows have chamfered lintels. Inside, the cottage contains stop-chamfered beams and chamfered joists. It is included for its group value.
Local climate
Milton 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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 — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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