The Old Pound Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 June 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Pound Cottage
- WRENN ID
- broken-railing-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 June 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Pound Cottage, 46, Wellington Street, Thame, OX9 3BN
- OS grid reference
- SP 709 058
- Coordinates
- 51.74648, -0.97412
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Pound Cottage is a 17th-century house located on the south-west side of Wellington Street. The lower portion of the house is rendered, while the upper portion is timber-framed with rendered infill. It has a thatched, half-hipped roof, with a brick ridge stack. The building is two storeys high and comprises a two-bay range set at right angles to the street. A 20th-century porch with a plank door is situated on the left return. The windows are casements, arranged irregularly. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Pound 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 1 transaction since 2012
- 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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