The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. House.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- hushed-finial-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Cottage, Main Street, South Moreton
- OS grid reference
- SU 557 883
- Coordinates
- 51.59122, -1.19623
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is a house dating from the early 18th century. It features a rendered exterior, likely built on cob, with a thatched roof and brick stacks at either end. The cottage is a single storey with an attic and has a three-window range. To the left of the centre is a sash door with a gabled hood supported by brackets. There is a single-light window to the left, while the centre and right sections have three-light wood casements. To the right of the centre, there is a two-light wood casement. The cottage also has three swept dormers and is noted for its extensive beaming inside.
Local climate
The Old 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 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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