Chough Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Chough Cottage
- WRENN ID
- rough-foundation-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Chough Cottage, Court Close Road, Towersey, OX9 3QW
- OS grid reference
- SP 735 054
- Coordinates
- 51.74269, -0.93672
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chough Cottage is a house dating from the mid-17th century, with a 20th-century addition to the rear. The ground floor on the left and centre is painted brick, while the right side is painted uncoursed stone rubble. The first floor features timber framing with painted brick infill, and is covered by a thatch roof, which is half-hipped to the right. A large brick end stack with a stone base is on the left side. The cottage is two storeys and an attic, with a three-window front. A 20th-century plank door is located to the right of the centre. Windows are a mix of 19th and 20th-century casements, arranged irregularly. A swept dormer is positioned to the left of the centre. The right return features rendered infill to the timber framing. The interior remains uninspected.
Local climate
Chough 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
- 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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