College Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. House/shop.
College Cottage
- WRENN ID
- far-rubblework-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- House/shop
- Address
- College Cottage, High Street, Dorchester
- OS grid reference
- SU 578 942
- Coordinates
- 51.64441, -1.16602
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
College Cottage is a house that has been converted into a shop. It dates from the early 18th century and was extended in the 20th century. The building features colourwashed brick with some areas of rendering and has old plain-tile roofs with brick gable stacks. It has a double-depth plan and stands two storeys tall.
On the right side of the front, there is a tall three-window range with a stepped plinth and storey bands. This section has segmental-arched 24-pane sash windows, which have been renewed on the first floor. To the left, there is an 8-panel door with an architrave and a canopy supported by shaped brackets. The two upper windows in this section are adorned with Regency iron balconies. The rendered lower range to the left includes one bay with a horizontal-sliding sash window from the 18th century, along with a three-window section from the 20th century that is designed in a similar style.
Inside, the ground-floor room in the taller section features fielded panelling.
Local climate
College Cottage 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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