Moreton Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
Moreton Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gilded-garret-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Moreton Cottage, High Street, North Moreton, OX11 9AT
- OS grid reference
- SU 561 894
- Coordinates
- 51.60098, -1.19096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moreton Cottage is a house located on the west side of North Moreton High Street. It dates from the late 17th century and features large timber-framing with rendered infill, as well as some painted brick infill. The roof is covered with old plain tiles and has a brick ridge stack on the right side. The building is two stories high and has a two-window range, with irregularly placed casement windows. To the right, there is a single-storey-and-attic, two-window extension from the 20th century. The interior has not been inspected. The cottage is included for its group value context.
Local climate
Moreton 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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