Ford Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Ford Cottage
- WRENN ID
- rusted-vestry-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ford Cottage, Drayton St. Leonard, OX10 7BG
- OS grid reference
- SU 598 959
- Coordinates
- 51.65957, -1.13622
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ford Cottage is a house that likely dates from the late 17th century. It features a stone rubble and brick plinth, with square-panel timber framing and painted brick infill. The roof is thatched and half-hipped, with two brick stacks positioned to the left of center and a brick ridge stack to the right. The cottage is a single storey with an attic and has a four-window range. To the left of center, there is a plank door that is sheltered by an open timber-framed porch. The windows are irregularly arranged casements with leaded lights. There are swept dormers on the left and right, and a gabled dormer with an old plain-tile surround and roof is located to the right of center. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Ford 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 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 2003
- 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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