Frieze Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1959. Cottage. 7 related planning applications.

Frieze Cottage

WRENN ID
strange-cornice-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1959
Type
Cottage
Address
Frieze Cottage, Binfield Heath, RG9 4JL
OS grid reference
SU 722 796
Coordinates
51.51085, -0.95972
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Frieze Cottage is a 18th-century cottage located in Shiplake. It features a brick and flint base with a timber frame and rendered infill, topped with a thatched roof and brick end stacks. The cottage is two storeys high and has a three-window range. On the ground floor, there are two 20th-century two-light casements, while the first floor has two 20th-century two-light casements and a single-light casement to the right. The entrance is located at the rear. The interior has not been inspected. There is also a single-storey wing, likely added in the early 20th century, to the left of the main structure.

Local climate

Frieze Cottage 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 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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