Bushnell's Cottage and Qwips Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Bushnell's Cottage and Qwips Cottage
- WRENN ID
- first-bastion-smoke
- 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
- Cottage
- Address
- Bushnell's Cottage and Qwips Cottage, Main Street, Forest Hill with Shotover, OX33 1DZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 584 078
- Coordinates
- 51.76631, -1.15397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bushnell's Cottage and Qwips Cottage form a cottage row, now used as two dwellings, dating from the early to mid-18th century. The cottages are constructed of partly-colourwashed limestone rubble with squared quoins and timber lintels, and have asbestos-slate and old plain-tile roofs with brick stacks. The building consists of one- and two-unit plans, now configured as two and three units respectively. It is one storey high with attics. The front elevation currently has three doors and six casement windows, but formerly had four doors. There are four gabled dormers. Bushnell's Cottage has a 20th-century stone extension to the left and at the rear. The interior has not been inspected. The cottages were probably originally service cottages. They are included on the list for their group value.
Local climate
Bushnell's Cottage and Qwips 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- 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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