April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1974. Cottage.
April Cottage
- WRENN ID
- swift-cornice-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1974
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- April Cottage, 34, Gravel Hill, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2EF
- OS grid reference
- SU 757 825
- Coordinates
- 51.53714, -0.9088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Cottage is a 17th century cottage, likely timber framed, with a roughcast facade and an old tiled roof that is half hipped at the upper end, while the lower end adjoins the next building. The cottage has brick chimneys at the center and both sides, stands 1 and a half storeys tall, and features six bays. The upper floor includes three gabled dormers, while the lower floor has five windows and two doors, all of which are leaded casements. Three of the lower windows have shutters. At the rear, there is a long, single storey outshut.
The raised pavement and wall are part of a group that includes Nos 5 to 19 (odd), the South Oxfordshire Technical College Old School and Main Buildings, Nos 43 to 49 (odd), and the wall and gate piers to the former Paradise House. Ancastle Cottage, along with Nos 2 to 36 (even) and the pavement surface in front of these properties, also forms a group with the entrance walls, piers, gates, and the lower lodge of Friar Park.
Local climate
April 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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