White Horse Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. House. 6 related planning applications.
White Horse Cottage
- WRENN ID
- distant-plaster-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- White Horse Cottage, Freehold Street, Lower Heyford, OX25 5NS
- OS grid reference
- SP 488 248
- Coordinates
- 51.9202, -1.29152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White Horse Cottage is a 17th-century house located on the north side of Freehold Street in Lower Heyford. Constructed of rubble stone with wooden lintels, the cottage has a thatched roof and brick gable stacks. The original plan comprised three units. The two-storey, three-window front features casement windows: a two-light window above, and windows with two, three, three, two, and two lights at ground floor, with a central doorway. A small two-light casement window is visible on the left-hand gable wall, which faces the road, and further casements are located at the rear. A former outbuilding to the right is now incorporated into the main body of the house. Inside, the cottage retains chamfered joists and beams, a large open fireplace with a bread oven and a substantial recess.
Local climate
White Horse 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 69% 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 — 5 transactions since 2001
- 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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