Old Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 November 1984. Cottage.

Old Cottages

WRENN ID
vacant-belfry-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 November 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Old Cottages, 4, Park Lane, Swalcliffe, OX15 5ES
OS grid reference
SP 376 377
Coordinates
52.03704, -1.45303
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Cottages is a cottage dating from the 18th century. It is built of coursed ironstone rubble and features a thatched roof, with a brick stack on the left and ironstone quoins on the left side. The cottage has a two-unit plan and is a single storey plus attic. The entrance consists of a plank door with a wooden framed surround and a tiled sloping hood supported on corbels. To the left of the door, there is a two-light casement window with a stone flat arch. On the first floor, there are one two-light and one single wooden casement window, both with wooden lintels. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Old Cottages 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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