Benacre Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 November 1984. Cottage. 6 related planning applications.
Benacre Cottage
- WRENN ID
- final-pinnacle-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Benacre Cottage, Rope Way, Hook Norton, OX15 5QB
- OS grid reference
- SP 357 328
- Coordinates
- 51.9928, -1.48016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Benacre Cottage is a 17th-century cottage located on the south side of Hook Norton Rope Way. The building is constructed of coursed ironstone rubble, painted white, with a thatched roof and two brick end stacks. It has a two-unit plan with a later extension on the right. The cottage is single storey with an attic. It features 20th-century casement windows with wooden lintels, and a 20th-century porch. The main structure has remained unaltered. A single 3-light metal casement window is located on the first floor at the rear. The interior of the 17th-century section includes a chamfered beam and a bressumer over the fireplace.
Local climate
Benacre Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 2 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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