Frenchs Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1978. House. 2 related planning applications.
Frenchs Cottage
- WRENN ID
- silent-cloister-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- Frenchs Cottage, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 544 937
- Coordinates
- 51.63959, -1.21386
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
French's Cottage is a house dated 1779, located on the north side of Long Wittenham High Street. It features a first floor made of Flemish bond red brick with some grey headers, and has an old plain-tile roof with brick end stacks. The building is two stories high and has a two-window range. The central entrance consists of a plank door with a segmental brick head above it. On either side of the door, there are three-light wood casements, also with segmental brick heads. A flat brick band runs between the ground and first floors. On the first floor, there are two additional three-light wood casements. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Frenchs 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 10 transactions since 2002
- 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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