Brook Cottage and Sleepy Hollow is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Brook Cottage and Sleepy Hollow
- WRENN ID
- plain-shingle-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Brook Cottage and Sleepy Hollow, 24, Brook Street, Watlington, OX49 5JH
- OS grid reference
- SU 686 943
- Coordinates
- 51.64414, -1.00888
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brook Cottage and Sleepy Hollow are two cottages dating from the mid 18th century. They are constructed of English bond brick, with the sides and rear made of chalk and flint rubble, featuring brick dressings. The cottages have a gabled roof covered with old tiles and brick stacks at the rear. The layout consists of three units, and the buildings are one storey high with an attic, presenting a three-window range. There are segmental arches above 19th-century plank doors and two-light leaded casements, with similar dormer casements. The eaves are decorated with dentils. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Brook Cottage and Sleepy Hollow 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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 — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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