Fir Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. A C19 House. 4 related planning applications.
Fir Cottage
- WRENN ID
- twisted-roof-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Fir Cottage, Fir Lane, Steeple Aston, OX25 4SF
- OS grid reference
- SP 476 261
- Coordinates
- 51.93146, -1.30854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fir Cottage is a small house, likely dating from the early 19th century, with a 20th-century extension. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with squared dressings, and has a Stonesfield-slate roof with rebuilt brick end stacks. The original plan was for two units, and the visible front has two windows on each floor. The windows are renewed, 2-light leaded casements, and there is an entrance on the extreme left. A square datestone is inscribed "TB/1813/1913", suggesting the earlier date of 1813 is when the house was originally built. A small lean-to extension is to the left, and a flat-roofed wing extends to the rear. The interior has not been inspected. The building forms a continuous range with Fir Lane Cottage and is included on the list due to its group value.
Local climate
Fir 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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