Swanson Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1959. House. 5 related planning applications.
Swanson Cottages
- WRENN ID
- burning-spandrel-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1959
- Type
- House
- Address
- Swanson Cottages, 1 and 2, High Street, Whitchurch-On-Thames, RG8 7ES
- OS grid reference
- SU 634 773
- Coordinates
- 51.49137, -1.08692
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two houses, originally a single house, dating back to the 16th century, with later alterations. The exterior is rendered, although timber framing remains visible on the first floor of the right-hand side, filled in with render. The roof is covered in plain tiles, and there are brick stacks. The building is arranged in a U-shape.
The front has a single storey and an attic, with a three-window arrangement. A glazed plank door is located on the left-hand return of the right-hand cross-wing. There are six-light leaded casement windows to the centre, and to the end of the cross-wings both left and right. A jetty (an overhanging upper floor) projects from the first floor of the right-hand cross-wing. The right-hand cross-wing has a half-hipped roof with a six-light casement window in the gable end. A gabled dormer window sits centrally on the roof. A three-light casement window is located on the first floor of the left-hand cross-wing. A brick stack is positioned to the right of centre, while a stack on the left-hand return is made of 19th-century brick. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Swanson Cottages 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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