White Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
White Cottage
- WRENN ID
- empty-floor-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- White Cottage, High Street, Drayton St. Leonard, OX10 7BA
- OS grid reference
- SU 596 963
- Coordinates
- 51.66259, -1.13883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White Cottage is a house that likely dates from the early 18th century, with a 20th-century addition on the right side. The ground floor has painted render, which is probably covering timber framing, while the first floor features large timber framing in the center. The roof is thatched, and there are rebuilt brick ridge stacks on both the left and right of the center. The building is single storey with an attic and has a four-window range. A 20th-century glazed door is located on the left, and the ground floor has irregularly placed casement windows along with 20th-century bay windows. There are four swept dormers on the roof. At the rear, timber framing is visible on the ground floor. Inside, there are open fireplaces on the ground floor and chamfered spine beams.
Local climate
White Cottage 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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