Grove Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. House. 3 related planning applications.
Grove Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lone-gallery-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Grove Cottage, 39, Brook Street, Watlington, OX49 5JH
- OS grid reference
- SU 687 943
- Coordinates
- 51.64368, -1.0072
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grove Cottage is a house dating from the late medieval period, with later remodelling in the mid-to-late 19th century. It was originally timber-framed and retains a cruck-framed structure to the rear. The exterior is roughcast, with a gabled roof covered in old tiles; a brick stack rises from the ridge. Originally a hall house, it is now arranged in an L-shape, with a two-bay front-left wing. The left gable wing has 20th-century doors and windows. A 20th-century door provides access to the right side of the one-storey and attic rear range. The interior of the rear wing features a double-chamfered raised cruck and two ogee-stopped beams supporting an inserted 17th-century floor. The first floor was not inspected, but is likely to be of interest. The building formerly operated as The Black Lion public house.
Local climate
Grove 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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