Howe Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. House.
Howe Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-rubblework-moon
- 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
- House
- Address
- Howe Cottage, Howe Hill, Watlington
- OS grid reference
- SU 697 919
- Coordinates
- 51.62216, -0.99358
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Howe Cottage is a 17th-century house featuring square timber framing with colourwashed brick infill. It has a gabled thatch roof and brick stacks at the ends and on the rear lateral side. The structure has a three-unit plan, is one storey high with an attic, and consists of three framed bays. The exterior includes late 19th-century plank doors and two one-light casements. The interior has not been inspected but is expected to be of interest.
Local climate
Howe 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
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- 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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