The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1974. A C18 House. 3 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- spare-trefoil-ash
- 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
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, Bell Lane, Henley-On-Thames
- OS grid reference
- SU 761 830
- Coordinates
- 51.54091, -0.90349
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 18th-century cottage, although the side gable is rendered and parts of the building are likely earlier in origin. It is constructed of flint with red brick dressings and an eaves cornice. The roof is steeply pitched, covered in old tiles, with a central chimney. A brick string course runs along the first floor. The cottage is two storeys high and has four bays. The first floor windows are two large sash windows, featuring moulded architraves and glazing bars, alongside a smaller 19th-century casement with a moulded frame. The ground floor has 19th-century casement windows with segmental arches and cambered head linings. A six-panelled door provides access. The cottage forms a group with the adjoining barn and the garden wall of 102 Bell Street.
Local climate
The 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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