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
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- No related consent applications matched
- 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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