Well Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. A C17 House. 5 related planning applications.
Well Cottage
- WRENN ID
- drifting-truss-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Well Cottage, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JD
- OS grid reference
- SU 628 934
- Coordinates
- 51.63659, -1.09364
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Well Cottage is a house dating to the 17th century, with extensions added in the 18th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of clunch rubble and timber framing with brick infill, and has an old plain-tile roof with brick gable stacks. The house has a 3-unit plan and one storey with attics. The front has a door positioned to the left of centre, three 20th-century casement windows, and three gabled half dormers. The upper portion of the left and centre bays is timber framed. The right gable wall and a double-gabled rear extension are of 20th-century brick. Inside, there are chamfered and stopped beams. The property is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
Well 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 2022
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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