Olde Grimes Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Olde Grimes Cottage
- WRENN ID
- grim-hearth-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Olde Grimes Cottage, the Jitty, Shenington with Alkerton, OX15 6NG
- OS grid reference
- SP 370 428
- Coordinates
- 52.08294, -1.46011
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Olde Grimes Cottage is a small cottage dating from the 17th century, constructed from uncoursed ironstone rubble. It features a steeply pitched thatched roof, which is said to cover stone slates, and has a brick shaft on a stone stack. The cottage has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys high with a two-window range. The entrance, located to the left, has a plank door set in a moulded wood surround with a hood above. To the right of the entrance are 20th-century windows. On the first floor, there are two 2-light windows. The rear of the cottage includes a dormer window positioned high in the thatch. A single-storey extension on the left end has a corrugated iron roof. The interior is said to feature beams and an inglenook fireplace.
Local climate
Olde Grimes Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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