Shepherd's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. House. 1 related planning application.
Shepherd's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tilted-fireplace-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Shepherd's Cottage, Church Street, West Hanney, OX12 0LN
- OS grid reference
- SU 403 928
- Coordinates
- 51.63264, -1.41853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shepherd's Cottage is a house that likely dates from the early 18th century. It features a 19th-century brick plinth and large timber framing with rendered infill. The roof is thatched and half-hipped, with a brick stack at one end. The building is a single storey with an attic and has a two-window range. There is a 20th-century door in the center, accompanied by a 20th-century open porch. On either side of the door, there are 20th-century three-light metal casements. To the left, there is a swept dormer with a three-light wooden casement. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Shepherd's Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- 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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