Syria is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. A C18 Cottage.
Syria
- WRENN ID
- bitter-rubblework-sienna
- 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
- Cottage
- Address
- Syria, 54, Brook Street, Watlington, OX49 5EH
- OS grid reference
- SU 688 942
- Coordinates
- 51.6431, -1.00627
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cottage, known as Syria, dates from the mid to late 18th century. It features rendered walls and a gabled roof covered with old tiles, along with a brick ridge stack. The building has a one-unit plan, is one storey high with an attic, and has a two-window range. The front has segmental arches over 19th-century four-panel doors and three-light casements, as well as two-light half-dormer casements. At the rear, there is a late 18th-century wing that is two storeys high and one bay wide, constructed with similar materials. Inside, there is a through-passage to the left, a chamfered beam, and original roof timbers.
Local climate
Syria 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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