42 and 44, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. A C18 Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
42 and 44, High Street
- WRENN ID
- weathered-passage-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 42 and 44, High Street, Dorchester, OX10 7HN
- OS grid reference
- SU 577 943
- Coordinates
- 51.64537, -1.16656
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a pair of cottages on the High Street in Dorchester. They were likely built in the early to mid-18th century, although parts may be even older. The walls are rendered over a stepped brick plinth, and there may be some timber-framing visible. The roof is covered with old plain tiles, and there is a brick stack above the party wall. Each cottage has a single-room plan with a rear outshut. The front of the cottages has entrances on the extreme left and right, with a three-light casement window and a two-light casement window above each entrance, all with segmental arches. The interior has not been inspected. The cottages are of group value.
Local climate
42 and 44, High Street 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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 — 5 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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