Laurel Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Laurel Cottage
- WRENN ID
- muffled-jamb-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Laurel Cottage, Church Street, Barford St. John and St. Michael, OX15 0UA
- OS grid reference
- SP 433 326
- Coordinates
- 51.99027, -1.36962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Laurel Cottage is a house dated 1770. It is constructed of regular coursed ironstone rubble faced with ashlar and has a Welsh slate roof. The building features a stone stack on the left and brick stacks at the ridge and on the right. The house has a two-unit plan and is a single storey plus attic with a two-window range. To the left, there is a four-panelled door with a moulded wood surround and a keystoned stone surround. To the right, there are two 2-light casements from the 20th century. The attic includes two 2-light casements, and there is an illegible datestone between the attic windows with a moulded hood. A fire plaque is located above the door.
Local climate
Laurel Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% 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.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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