The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- low-lime-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, 40, High Street, Dorchester, OX10 7HN
- OS grid reference
- SU 577 943
- Coordinates
- 51.64531, -1.16653
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a cottage dating from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed from flared brick in header bond, with red-brick dressings and features an old plain-tile roof with a brick stack. The building has a single-unit plan with a rear outshut and stands two storeys tall. The narrow front has a stepped brick plinth, a door with a 20th-century canopy to the right, and a two-light casement window to the left, along with a similar casement window above, all of which have segmental arches. There is a stack to the left. The interior has not been inspected, and it may be a refronting of an earlier structure.
Local climate
The Cottage 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 4 transactions since 2001
- 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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