Blacksmiths Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. A C17 House. 2 related planning applications.
Blacksmiths Cottage
- WRENN ID
- former-brass-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Blacksmiths Cottage, Aston Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 556 858
- Coordinates
- 51.56886, -1.19819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blacksmiths Cottage is a house from the 17th century. The building features red brick on the left side of the ground floor, red brick with grey headers in Flemish bond at the center, and small timber framing with brick infill, some arranged in a herringbone pattern, on the right side of the ground floor and the first floor. The roof is made of old plain tiles, half-hipped on the left and with a cross-gable on the right. There is a brick ridge stack to the left of center and another ridge stack at the rear.
The cottage has a three-unit lobby-entry plan and stands two storeys high with an attic, featuring a three-window range. A 19th-century plank door is located to the left of center, surrounded by a 19th-century brick frame. There are three-light wood casements to the left and center, and a horizontal sash window to the right of center. The first floor jetties out to the right and has three two-light casements, with a cross-gable on the right that includes a two-light wood casement.
The left return shows timber framing with brick infill, while the right return is roughcast, likely over timber framing. Inside, there is extensive beaming and an open fireplace in the center of the ground floor. The queen-post roof has had most of its common rafters replaced.
Local climate
Blacksmiths 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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