Hamelin Cottage and Attached Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. House.

Hamelin Cottage and Attached Wall

WRENN ID
narrow-flagstone-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 May 1988
Type
House
Address
Hamelin Cottage and Attached Wall, Horn Hill Road, Adderbury, OX17 3EU
OS grid reference
SP 465 351
Coordinates
52.01279, -1.32259
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hamelin Cottage is a house that likely dates from the early to mid-18th century, although it has earlier origins. It is constructed from marlstone rubble and brick laid in Flemish bond, featuring wooden lintels and a thatched roof with brick end stacks. The building has a three-unit plan with a service bay, standing two storeys tall plus attics.

The main section of the cottage has a four-window brick front facing the garden. At the first floor, there are three-light 18th-century leaded casements. The ground floor features a similar window to the right, a central six-panel door with a 20th-century canopy, and a large 20th-century bay window to the left. The steep-pitched roof includes two small inset dormers with two lights each.

To the right, there is a two-storey service bay that has later brick lean-to extensions, which obscure most of its front. The left end wall and rear wall are made of rubble and feature additional leaded casements at the rear. Inside, the roof trusses have heavy principals that cross at the apex, supporting through purlins and a ridge piece.

Additionally, there is a rubble wall to the left of the road frontage, approximately three metres high and extending for about ten metres, topped with thatch. This building is noted for its early use of brick in a vernacular style.

Local climate

Hamelin Cottage and Attached Wall 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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