Merrick Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. A C17 House. 1 related planning application.
Merrick Cottage
- WRENN ID
- still-garret-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Merrick Cottage, Main Street, Forest Hill with Shotover, OX33 1DZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 584 078
- Coordinates
- 51.76625, -1.15418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Merrick Cottage is a late 17th-century house located on the south side of Main Street in Forest Hill, near Shotover. It is constructed of colourwashed limestone rubble with squared quoins, featuring timber lintels and a thatched roof with brick gable stacks. The house follows a two-unit plan and has one storey with attics. The front has a two-window arrangement, including a three-light casement window to the left and a fixed small-pane window to the right. Two small, two-light dormers are set within heavy frames. A gable entrance is positioned to the right, within the chimney wall. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Merrick 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- 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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