Castle Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. House.
Castle Cottage
- WRENN ID
- burning-landing-briar
- 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
- House
- Address
- Castle Cottage, 19, Castle Square, Benson, OX10 6SD
- OS grid reference
- SU 617 917
- Coordinates
- 51.62106, -1.10945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Castle Cottage is a house that likely dates from the late 17th century, with a front added in the mid-18th century. It is constructed of grey brick with red brick dressings and features a plain-tile roof and brick stacks. The building stands three stories tall and has a two-window range. The central entrance consists of a six-panel door, which is framed by a moulded wood surround with panelled reveals and brackets that support a triangular pediment. On the ground floor, there are 12-pane sash windows on either side of the door. The first floor also has two 12-pane sashes, while the second floor features a central round-topped sash with nine panes. A brick band runs between the ground and first floors as well as between the first and second floors. The roof is topped with a parapet. The interior has been inspected.
Local climate
Castle 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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