Plumb Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1988. House.
Plumb Cottage
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-corner-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Plumb Cottage, the Hill, Souldern, OX27 7JE
- OS grid reference
- SP 522 315
- Coordinates
- 51.97956, -1.24019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Plumb Cottage is a house dating from the mid-18th century, with alterations and additions made in the 19th century. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features steeply pitched red-tile roofs, along with three brick end stacks. The building consists of two sections and has a two-unit plan with an additional unit on the right side. It stands two storeys tall and has a total of three windows across the front. The entrance is located in the main part of the house and is accompanied by a 20th-century porch. Flanking the entrance are two-light casement windows with leaded lights and wooden lintels, as well as wrought-iron casement fasteners. There is a similar window on the ground floor of the right section and three additional similar windows on the first floor. The cottage also features limestone quoins and 19th-century ornamental ridge tiles. The interior has not been inspected. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Plumb 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- No related consent applications matched
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings