Manor Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. House.
Manor Cottage
- WRENN ID
- kindled-gravel-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Manor Cottage, Church Road, Horspath
- OS grid reference
- SP 572 049
- Coordinates
- 51.74064, -1.17218
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the early 18th century. It is built from limestone rubble with squared quoins and timber lintels, topped by an old plain-tile roof and brick stacks. The cottage features a three-unit through-passage plan and has one storey plus attics. The front has three windows, including a plank door with a heavy frame and a canopy supported by early 18th-century scroll brackets to the left of center. To the right, there are two 3-light casements, and one to the left, each with a 3-light gabled dormer above. The stacks are positioned to the right of center and at the left gable. There is an additional bay on the left, which was formerly a dairy and loft, featuring a tall window with a segmental head. The rear of the cottage includes a small wing, casements, irregular dormers, and a heavy plank door. Inside, there is an early 18th-century stair with turned balusters and a landing balustrade, fielded panelled doors with L-hinges, heavy joists, and chamfered beams. The interior also boasts an open fireplace with a bread oven and a moulded plank-and-vee door.
Local climate
Manor Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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