Step Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1985. House.
Step Cottage
- WRENN ID
- knotted-facade-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Step Cottage, Mapledurham
- OS grid reference
- SU 675 772
- Coordinates
- 51.4903, -1.028
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Step Cottage is a house that likely dates from the early 18th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It features light timber framing with brick infill and has a plain tile hipped roof topped with a central brick ridge stack. The layout follows a baffle entry plan and it is a single storey with an attic, presenting a two-window range. A central 20th-century glazed porch with a double glazed door is located at the front, flanked by two-light casements on either side. There are gabled half-dormers above. The interior has not been inspected. To the right, there is a subsidiary single-storey wing that was added in the 20th century.
Local climate
Step Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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