Oak Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Farmhouse.
Oak Cottage
- WRENN ID
- turning-iron-dew
- 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
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Oak Cottage, Swyncombe
- OS grid reference
- SU 715 887
- Coordinates
- 51.59299, -0.96889
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oak Cottage is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates from the early 18th century and may incorporate elements from a 17th-century house. The building is constructed of random bond brick and features an old tile roof with brick stacks. It has an L-shaped plan and is one storey with an attic, presenting a two-window range. There are segmental arches above a 20th-century door and casement windows, along with a 20th-century brick porch and dormers that also have 20th-century casements. The roof is gabled, with external end stacks and a flint bread oven on the left side. The rear right wing is two storeys high and maintains a similar style and materials with a two-window range.
Local climate
Oak 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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