Shepherd's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.

Shepherd's Cottage

WRENN ID
tattered-roof-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1987
Type
House
Address
Shepherd's Cottage, Brightwell Baldwin, OX49 5NY
OS grid reference
SU 654 943
Coordinates
51.64376, -1.0549
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shepherd's Cottage is a house dating from the mid- to late 17th century. It is constructed of timber framing with brick infill, and has a half-hipped roof covered in old tiles. There is a brick ridge stack from the 17th century and an 18th-century end stack. The house follows a three-unit plan, with three bays of timber framing. The ground floor has a 20th-century door within a 20th-century outshut to the right bay, and a single one-light leaded casement window to the left of the door. Other windows are also 20th century. The outshut extends along the right side wall.

Inside, there are chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, and bressumers over open fireplaces up to the ridge stack, which has an oak screen with a seat to the left. Original features include a 17th-century plank first-floor door and timber-framed partitions. The roof is supported by a queen-post. The house was converted into three cottages in the 18th century.

Local climate

Shepherd's 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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