Number 5 (The Queens Cottage) and Attached Pump is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.
Number 5 (The Queens Cottage) and Attached Pump
- WRENN ID
- dark-step-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Number 5 (The Queens Cottage) and Attached Pump, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NG
- OS grid reference
- SP 568 007
- Coordinates
- 51.70271, -1.17822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a farmhouse, now a house, dating back to the 16th century, with extensions added in the early 18th century. The construction is a mix of partly-rendered timber framing with brick infill, limestone rubble, and a plain-tile roof with stone and brick stacks. The building is arranged in an L-shape. The front of the house, which faces away from the road, has the rebuilt gable end of the original main range projecting to the right of the entrance. Much of the front is hidden behind a tiled, glazed porch. The roof is hipped on the left side and features a large ridge stack built on a stone base, aligned with the entrance. Exposed square timber framing is visible on the left end wall and the two-window return wall of the main range. A lower rubble range extends to the rear, and the rear gable wall bears the inscription "RY/1729" above a large stone chimney projection. Inside, the central stack incorporates a large open fireplace and two Tudor-arched stone fireplaces with moulded surrounds and recessed spandrels. A winder staircase flanks the stack, and some early 17th-century oak panelling is present. An attached cast-iron pump, dating from the 19th century, has a bottle-shaped attachment with a tap.
Local climate
Number 5 (The Queens Cottage) and Attached Pump 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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