Omega Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
Omega Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sheer-glass-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Omega Cottage, 14, the Forty, Cholsey, OX10 9LH
- OS grid reference
- SU 587 866
- Coordinates
- 51.57553, -1.15411
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Omega Cottage is a house dating from the early 18th century, with a front that is dated 1816. There is a datestone located above the central door. The building is constructed of Flemish bond red brick with random grey headers and features a Welsh slate roof with brick end stacks. It is two stories high and has a two-window range. The central entrance consists of a glazed door topped by a flat hood. On either side of the entrance are flat-roofed angled bays with sash windows. The first floor has 6-pane sash windows with wooden architrave surrounds. The rear of the cottage showcases large timber framing. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Omega 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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- 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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