Bee and Church Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
Bee and Church Cottage
- WRENN ID
- cold-jamb-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bee and Church Cottage, Church Street, Beckley and Stowood, OX3 9UT
- OS grid reference
- SP 562 113
- Coordinates
- 51.79762, -1.18582
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bee and Church Cottage is a house dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century. It is constructed from colourwashed limestone rubble and features timber lintels, topped with a thatched roof and brick stacks. The building has a four-unit plan and consists of one storey plus attics. The front of the cottage includes a doorway located to the left of centre, flanked by two three-light and two two-light casement windows, along with three two-light dormers. Above the entrance, there is a sun insurance plaque. The cottage has stacks positioned to the right of centre and at the gables, with a tiled gable outshut to the right. The left gable wall has been rebuilt. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Bee and Church 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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