Watling Lane Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. House.
Watling Lane Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-flue-equinox
- 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
- Address
- Watling Lane Cottage, High Street, Dorchester
- OS grid reference
- SU 577 944
- Coordinates
- 51.64578, -1.16726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Watling Lane Cottage is a 17th century house located on Dorchester High Street. It features a timber frame with rendered and colorwashed brick infill, topped by a thatched roof with brick stacks. The cottage has a three-unit plan and stands two stories tall. The front has three windows that are irregularly spaced and fitted with 20th century casements. The entrance is located in the left gable wall, with stacks positioned to the left of center and on the right gable walls. The left gable displays an Imperial fire insurance plaque. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Watling Lane 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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