Lamsdale Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1988. House.
Lamsdale Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gilded-rubblework-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lamsdale Cottage, Launton Road, Bicester
- OS grid reference
- SP 586 222
- Coordinates
- 51.89602, -1.14895
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lamsdale Cottage is a small house dating from the 18th century, or possibly earlier, with some early 19th-century elements. It is constructed of part-rendered limestone rubble and features a roof made of Welsh slate and old plain tiles, with brick stacks. The building has a two-unit plan consisting of two sections. It is two storeys high on the left side, which is the earlier part with a steep-pitched roof, and includes a 12-pane sash window. The right side has a two-storey bay with a shallower roof, featuring a 16-pane sash window, an entrance at the extreme right, and a low sash window above that is six panes wide. The slated roof has stacks positioned to the left of each section. The rear of the earlier section is made of rubble and has a tiled roof with two gabled dormers. Inside, the earlier bay features a butt-purlin roof with the tiebeams cut through. The cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Lamsdale 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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