April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
April Cottage
- WRENN ID
- cold-hinge-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- April Cottage, the Green, Shenington with Alkerton, OX15 6NE
- OS grid reference
- SP 371 427
- Coordinates
- 52.08156, -1.45864
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Cottage is a cottage dating from the early 18th century, located on The Green in Shenington with Alkeron. It is constructed of squared, coursed ironstone and has a steeply pitched thatched roof with a brick end stack. The cottage follows a two-unit plan and consists of a single storey with an attic. The central right-hand entrance has a plank door with a glazed light, a wood lintel, and a 20th-century hood. To the left of the entrance is a two-light wood mullioned window with a wood lintel. A single-storey addition, built of coursed rubble and with a corrugated iron roof, abuts the front on the left. A 20th-century extension is on the right. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
April Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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