47 and 49, Gravel Hill is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1974. Cottage.

47 and 49, Gravel Hill

WRENN ID
shadowed-beam-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1974
Type
Cottage
Address
47 and 49, Gravel Hill, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2EF
OS grid reference
SU 757 825
Coordinates
51.537, -0.90888
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

47 and 49 Gravel Hill are a pair of cottages built in 1890. They feature a painted brick facade that is panelled below the ground floor window, with string courses beneath the coved eaves. The cottages have a pyramidal tiled roof adorned with fishscale bands and a central chimney. They are two storeys tall, with one window each. The upper windows are set under elaborate pediments that extend through the eaves. There is a wrought iron balcony supported by large brackets, and the ground floor has sash windows while the upper floor has French casements. All windows are topped with segmental arches, and the doors are four-panel with fanlights.

The raised pavement and wall are part of a group that includes Nos 5 to 19 (odd), the South Oxfordshire Technical College Old School and Main Buildings, Nos 43 to 49 (odd), and the wall and gate piers of the former Paradise House. Ancastle Cottage, Nos 2 to 36 (even), and the pavement surface in front of these properties also contribute to this group, along with the entrance walls, piers, gates, and the lower lodge of Friar Park.

Local climate

47 and 49, Gravel Hill 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 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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