Numbers 1-3 Box Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Numbers 1-3 Box Cottages

WRENN ID
mired-bronze-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Numbers 1-3 Box Cottages, Sydenham, OX39 4LN
OS grid reference
SP 733 019
Coordinates
51.71114, -0.93997
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 1-3 Box Cottages are probably a former farmhouse, later converted into three dwellings. The building dates from the mid-18th century, with a brick inscription indicating 1797 on the right side of the central doorway. The construction incorporates a painted flint plinth with brick dressings on the right side and a painted brick plinth on the left. The roof is covered in old plain tiles, with a brick end stack to the left, and ridge stacks in the centre and to the right. The building is two storeys with an attic, and has a five-window front. There are plank doors located to the left, right of centre, and to the right. The windows are mostly 2-light casements. A flat brick band runs between the ground and first floors on the right side, and a dentil course features at the eaves. Two gabled full dormers are present to the left. The interiors remain uninspected.

Local climate

Numbers 1-3 Box Cottages 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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