Plum Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
Plum Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-tallow-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Plum Tree Cottage, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JD
- OS grid reference
- SU 624 932
- Coordinates
- 51.63465, -1.09957
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Plum Tree Cottage is a small house that dates back to the 17th century, with remodels and extensions from the 18th and 20th centuries. The exterior features colourwashed coursed rubble and some timber framing, topped with a thatched roof and a brick gable stack. The house has a two-unit lobby-entry plan that has been extended and altered over time. It stands one storey plus attics.
The entrance front, which faces away from the road, includes a blocked doorway on the extreme left and a 20th-century wing projecting to the right that contains the current entrance. The road-facing side has two three-light segmental-arched casements, with three-light dormers above. The stack aligns with the former entrance, and the lean-to bay against the timber-framed left gable wall is the remaining part of the left half of the original 17th-century house. The right bay of the present structure is likely from the 18th century.
Inside, there are back-to-back open fireplaces, stop-chamfered beams, and a quarter-turn stair against a timber-framed internal wall that was formerly the right gable.
Local climate
Plum Tree 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2004
- 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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