Taylors Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. Dwelling. 2 related planning applications.
Taylors Cottages
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-vestry-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1986
- Type
- Dwelling
- Address
- Taylors Cottages, 1 and 2, Main Street, Little Wittenham, OX14 4RD
- OS grid reference
- SU 564 932
- Coordinates
- 51.63551, -1.18637
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Taylors Cottages is a house that has been divided into two dwellings. It dates from the late 17th century and has a 20th-century extension on the left side. The building features large timber framing, with some areas filled with render and others with brick. It has an old plain-tile half-hipped roof and brick ridge stacks. The structure is single-storey with an attic and has a six-window range. There are plank doors located to the left and right of the center, and the windows are irregularly arranged casements. The building also has six gabled dormers and timber framing at the rear. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Taylors Cottages 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.
- 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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