The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. House.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
iron-grate-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1972
Type
House
Address
The Cottage, High Street
OS grid reference
SP 519 060
Coordinates
51.75071, -1.24854
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is located on the south side of High Street and is believed to have part of its structure dating back to 1623, when the wall of the Botanic Gardens was built against which the house stands. The front of the building likely dates from the 18th century and features a two-storey, double-fronted design made of ashlar stone. It has two unequal gables, a stone slate roof, and a brick chimney stack. The west gable includes a sash window, while the east gable features a casement window, with one window on each floor. The east gable end is constructed of brick, and the sash windows are fitted with glazing bars. All the listed buildings on the south side form a group.

Local climate

The Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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