Wren Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. House.
Wren Cottage
- WRENN ID
- rooted-tower-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wren Cottage, Cross Hill Road, Adderbury
- OS grid reference
- SP 467 355
- Coordinates
- 52.01613, -1.31961
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wren Cottage is a house dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century. It is constructed of coursed squared marlstone with some wooden lintels and features a concrete plain-tile roof with brick end stacks. The building has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys high. The front has three windows and a central entrance that is sheltered by a stone-slated canopy supported by columns, which is now enclosed. The windows are old 2- and 3-light casements, with the one to the right of the entrance featuring a rubble flat arch. The roof is steep-pitched. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Wren Cottage 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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