Flint Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1985. House.
Flint Cottage
- WRENN ID
- muted-thatch-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Flint Cottage, 5, Old London Road, Benson
- OS grid reference
- SU 622 913
- Coordinates
- 51.61767, -1.10276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Flint Cottage is a house dating from the 18th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of unknapped flint with brick dressings and has a plain tile roof with brick stacks. The building is two stories high and features a three-window range. The central entrance has a plank door and is sheltered by a weatherboarded porch. To the right of the entrance, there is a 2-light 20th-century casement window in the original opening, and a sloping buttress is located to the left. On the first floor, there are three 2-light 20th-century casements in their original openings. The roof is hipped to the left, and there is an end stack to the right and an internal stack to the left. The left side of the building also has a two-story, three-window range, with a central door that has a gabled porch. There are 20th-century three-light casements on both the left and right sides, and three 2-light casements on the first floor. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Flint 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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