Saffron House and Saffron Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. House, cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Saffron House and Saffron Cottage
- WRENN ID
- haunted-plinth-grove
- 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
- House, cottage
- Address
- Saffron House and Saffron Cottage, Parson's Lane, Ewelme, OX10 6HP
- OS grid reference
- SU 645 915
- Coordinates
- 51.6189, -1.06852
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Saffron House and Saffron Cottage are a house and cottage, probably dating from the early 18th century, located in Ewelme. The house is constructed of red brick with grey brick headers laid in a Flemish bond pattern, with an old plain-tile roof and brick end and ridge stacks. It is two storeys high and has a five-window front. A 19th-century panelled and glazed door, with an overlight and flat hood, is centrally located. The ground floor windows are 12-pane unhorned sashes with segmental brick heads, except for a blind panel to the right of the centre. A flat brick band runs between the ground and first floors. The first floor has a four-light wood casement to the left, two-light wood casements to the centre and left of the centre, and 9-pane sashes to the right of the centre and right. A dentil brick cornice runs along the eaves. The interior has not been inspected. To the right of the house is a cottage, also probably dating from the early 18th century, built of red brick with grey brick headers in a Flemish bond pattern and an old plain-tile roof. It is two storeys high and has a two-window front, with segmental-headed two-light casements to all openings.
Local climate
Saffron House and Saffron 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 82% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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