Shepherd's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
Shepherd's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- vast-copper-gilt
- 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
- Shepherd's Cottage, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 621 937
- Coordinates
- 51.63895, -1.10283
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shepherd’s Cottage is a house dating to the 17th century. It is constructed of timber framing with plastered infill, rendered masonry, and has a thatched roof with brick stacks. The house has a four-unit plan and one storey with attics. The left half of the front elevation is timber framed, featuring irregular casement windows, the current entrance, and a small dormer window. The rendered right half of the front elevation also has casement windows and a dormer. The roof sweeps down over a small outshut at the extreme right of the front, and includes stacks located to the left gable and centre. The rear elevation contains further casement windows and four dormer windows. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Shepherd's 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 2013
- 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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