Cob Cottage and Adjoining Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1966. Cottage.
Cob Cottage and Adjoining Cottage
- WRENN ID
- western-garret-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1966
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- SU 257 843
- Coordinates
- 51.5575, -1.63057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cob Cottage and the adjoining cottage are two cottages built in the late 16th century and early 18th century. Cob Cottage features chalk rubble brought to course, while the adjoining cottage is made of uncoursed sarsen rubble with bands of chalk block, and has squared and coursed chalk on the rear gabled wall. Both cottages have thatched roofs and brick stacks. Cob Cottage has a single-unit plan, while the adjoining cottage has an L-shaped plan, and both are one and a half stories tall. The front has a three-window range with late 20th century doors. The cottage on the right is entered from the rear and has late 19th century to early 20th century two-light casements and one three-light wood mullioned and moulded casement. Cob Cottage has stacks on its end wall and the rear gabled wall of the adjoining cottage, which also has a gabled roof. The rear of Cob Cottage features a late 20th century lean-to extension, and a bread oven projects from the rear wall of the adjoining cottage. Inside Cob Cottage, there is a chamfered beam with a quirk and tongue stop and an open fireplace. The interior of the adjoining cottage has not been inspected but is likely to be of interest.
Local climate
Cob Cottage and Adjoining Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% 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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