Wattle Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1951. House.

Wattle Cottage

WRENN ID
winter-portal-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1951
Type
House
Address
Wattle Cottage, New Street, Henley-On-Thames
OS grid reference
SU 762 828
Coordinates
51.53914, -0.90137
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wattle Cottage is a 18th century building located on the north side of New Street. It features a facade made of colourwashed brick and has an old tiled roof that slopes back towards the roof of Bishops House. The cottage has large chimneys and is two storeys high with one window, showcasing early 19th century casements. It occupies an important position at the corner of Wharf Lane and has three windows on this elevation. Wattle Cottage is part of a group that includes Nos 37 to 43 (odd), White Cottage, the Malthouse of Henley Brewery, Nos 51 to 55 (odd), along with Nos 84 to 88 (even) and No 29 Thameside.

Local climate

Wattle 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 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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