Ancastle Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1974. House. 1 related planning application.
Ancastle Cottage
- WRENN ID
- eastward-passage-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ancastle Cottage, Paradise Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1TP
- OS grid reference
- SU 756 825
- Coordinates
- 51.5371, -0.91128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ancastle Cottage is a 15th to 16th century timber-framed house with colour washed brick infilling. It features an old tiled roof with a central chimney and stands two storeys high with an attic. The east front is symmetrical, showcasing three reproduction casement windows with leaded glazing on each floor. A small 18th century wing is attached, which has a modern entrance door. The cottage is beautifully located at the top of a hill.
The raised pavement and wall contribute to a group that includes Nos 5 to 19 (odd), the South Oxfordshire Technical College Old School and Main Buildings, Nos 43 to 49 (odd), and the wall and gate piers to the former Paradise House. Ancastle Cottage also forms part of a group with Nos 2 to 36 (even) and the pavement surface in front of those properties, as well as the entrance walls, piers, gates, and the lower lodge of Friar Park.
Local climate
Ancastle 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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- Lower Lodge Entrance Walls and Piers, Railimgs Gates and Corner Turret in Friar Park
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- Wall Along West Street Boundary in Front of Townlands Hospital Outbuildings
- Gate Piers and Red Brick and Flint Wall to Former Paradise House
- Pavement Surface from Number 58 to Junction of West Street with Hop Gardens
- 124, West Street