Pear Tree Cottage and Suitsus Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

Pear Tree Cottage and Suitsus Cottage

WRENN ID
gentle-outpost-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 December 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Pear Tree Cottage and Suitsus Cottage, Berrycroft, Ashbury, SN6 8LX
OS grid reference
SU 262 851
Coordinates
51.56442, -1.62271
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pear Tree Cottage and Suitsus Cottage are a pair of cottages dating from the early 17th century. They are constructed from chalk ashlar on a sarsen base, with Suitsus being white-washed. The cottages have thatched roofs and brick stacks. Each cottage has a two-unit plan and is 1.5 stories tall with a one-window range. There are timber lintels above two 20th-century ledged doors at the center, along with irregular 19th-century and early 20th-century casements. A mid to late 18th-century four-light leaded casement is located in the rear first-floor window. The right gable end of Suitsus was rebuilt in the early to mid-19th century, featuring brick bands and eaves. The roof is hipped with end stacks. Inside, Suitsus Cottage has chamfered beams with quirk and splay stops, an original plank and stud partition, and a four-bay collar-truss roof. The interior of Pear Tree Cottage has not been inspected but is reported to have similar features. There are 20th-century extensions at the rear.

Local climate

Pear Tree Cottage and Suitsus 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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