Church Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Church Cottages
- WRENN ID
- secret-mantel-lichen
- 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
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Church Cottages, 1, 2, 3, Waterstock, OX33 1JR
- OS grid reference
- SP 635 055
- Coordinates
- 51.745, -1.08057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Cottages, originally known as Church Farmhouse, is a farmhouse that has been converted into three houses. It dates from around 1700 and the mid-18th century. The structure is made of limestone rubble with squared quoins and some ashlar dressings, topped with a plain-tile roof featuring gable stacks. The building has a double-depth plan and stands two storeys high.
The front façade has four windows and includes the original three-bay section, which features leaded wood-framed cross windows on both floors. To the right, there is a later, wider bay with leaded three-light casements set under stone flat arches. A six-panel door, located in the right bay of the original front and beneath a brick segmental arch, is likely contemporary with the extension.
At the rear, there are two adjoining wings and a centrally placed third wing beyond them. Inside, the building has timber-framed cross walls and a butt-purlin roof.
Local climate
Church Cottages 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
- 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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