Greenland Cottage and Leacroft is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. Cottages.
Greenland Cottage and Leacroft
- WRENN ID
- worn-ember-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Greenland Cottage and Leacroft, King's Road, Bloxham
- OS grid reference
- SP 428 355
- Coordinates
- 52.01645, -1.37685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Greenland Cottage and Leacroft are two cottages located on King's Road in Bloxham, likely dating from the 18th century. They are constructed from regular coursed ironstone rubble and feature thatched roofs.
Greenland Cottage has a single-unit plan and is a single storey plus attic. It has a brick stack on a stone base to the left, with a door on the right that includes a 20th-century thatched rustic porch. There is a 20th-century bay window to the left and a 20th-century casement window in the attic.
Leacroft also has a single-unit plan and is a single storey plus attic. It features a brick stack to the left and a 6-panelled door on the right with two glazed panels, framed by a plain wood surround and a 20th-century lintel. To the left, there is a 20th-century window and lintel, and a 2-light casement window in the attic. The part to the right has regular coursed ironstone rubble, a plain tile roof, and a brick ridge stack. This section has a 2-unit plan, single storey plus attic, with a 20th-century bay window to the left and a 20th-century casement window to the right, along with two 20th-century casements in the attic. The interiors have not been inspected. The cottages are included for their group value.
Local climate
Greenland Cottage and Leacroft receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2015
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