Numbers 1 and 2 (Dairy Cottages) Approximately 250 Metres West of Little Baldon Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. House.
Numbers 1 and 2 (Dairy Cottages) Approximately 250 Metres West of Little Baldon Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- still-casement-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1986
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- SU 565 984
- Coordinates
- 51.68233, -1.18341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 1 and 2, known as Dairy Cottages, are a pair of houses located approximately 250 meters west of Little Baldon Farmhouse. They date from the mid-18th century and are constructed of coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, topped with an old plain-tile roof featuring brick gable stacks. The cottages have a double-depth plan and rise two storeys plus attics.
The front facade is symmetrical with three windows, showcasing a combination of banded rubble and ashlar. It features a central doorway beneath a 2-light casement window, flanked by 3-light casements in the outer bays, which have segmental arches at the ground floor. The rear of the building is also symmetrical, highlighted by a central stair window. The double-span roof includes two gabled roof dormers at the front and one at the rear. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Numbers 1 and 2 (Dairy Cottages) Approximately 250 Metres West of Little Baldon Farmhouse 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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