1 and 2, Main Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. A C17 House. 2 related planning applications.

1 and 2, Main Street

WRENN ID
sheer-hinge-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 November 1986
Type
House
Address
1 and 2, Main Street, Little Wittenham, OX14 4RE
OS grid reference
SU 564 931
Coordinates
51.63461, -1.1863
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 1 and 2 Barn Cottages are two dwellings that were originally a house built in the mid-17th century, with alterations made in the early 20th century. The ground floor features painted brick on the left side and roughcast on timber-framing on the right side, while the upper part has early 20th-century false timber-framing with rendered panels. The roof is thatched, with a brick ridge stack located to the right of the center and an end stack on the left. The building likely follows a three-unit lobby-entry plan and is single storey with an attic, presenting a four-window range. There are four-panel part-glazed doors to the left and right of the center, and the ground floor has three-light wood casements, except for a single-light casement to the right of the center. Two half-dormers on the left have old plain-tile gabled roofs, and there is a three-light casement under the eaves to the right of the center, along with a three-light dormer to the right. Inside, there are chamfered spine beams with bar stops and an open fireplace located to the right of the center. The roof structure features queen-post construction.

Local climate

1 and 2, Main Street 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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