Grebe Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. A C17-C18 House. 4 related planning applications.

Grebe Cottage

WRENN ID
guardian-hearth-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 1987
Type
House
Address
Grebe Cottage, High Street, Charlton-On-Otmoor, OX5 2UQ
OS grid reference
SP 559 156
Coordinates
51.83686, -1.18912
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Grebe Cottage is a house, originally subdivided, likely dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, with a 20th-century extension. It is constructed of limestone rubble with wooden lintels, and has thatch and old plain-tile roofs, topped with rubble and brick stacks. The original plan was for two units, extended to four, plus a rear wing. The building is two storeys high. The central bays of the front elevation are thatched and feature small two-light casement windows, flanking a rounded stair projection with a small window. To the right is a two-window range with tiled cladding, higher eaves, a doorway, and likely dating from the 18th century, though it may be an earlier structure raised later. A tiled bay to the left of the earlier range contains the present main entrance. A substantial rubble and brick stack rises at the junction of this bay and the earlier section. The rear of the thatched bays is largely hidden by a thatched 20th-century rear wing. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Grebe 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 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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  • Sale history — 12 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
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