The Old Queen is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Queen
- WRENN ID
- buried-vault-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Queen, Britwell Hill Road, Britwell Salome, OX49 5LG
- OS grid reference
- SU 670 930
- Coordinates
- 51.63238, -1.03199
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Queen is a 17th-century cottage located on the west side of Britwell Hill. It features square timber framing with brick and herringbone brick infill, topped by a gabled roof made of old tiles. The cottage has a brick external stack on the right side and an 18th-century stack on the left. It has a one-unit plan, is two storeys high, and consists of a one-bay range. The late 19th-century windows are three-light casements, and there is a plank door in the left side wall. Inside, you can find chamfered beams and a chamfered bressumer above the open fireplace. The roof has not been inspected but is likely to be of interest.
Local climate
The Old Queen sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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