Magpie Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.
Magpie Cottage
- WRENN ID
- floating-arch-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Magpie Cottage, 30, High Street, Drayton, OX14 4JW
- OS grid reference
- SU 479 940
- Coordinates
- 51.64348, -1.30907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Magpie Cottage is a house from the early 18th century, located on Drayton High Street. It features a painted uncoursed stone rubble plinth and painted brick walls, topped with an old plain-tile roof and brick end stacks. The building is two stories high and has a three-window range. The central entrance consists of a plank door with a segmental brick head above it. To the left, there is a two-light casement window with a segmental brick head that includes a keystone, while to the right, there is a three-light casement window, also with a segmental brick head. A flat brick band runs between the ground and first floors, and there are two-light casement windows on the first floor. The right return of the cottage is finished in painted uncoursed stone rubble. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Magpie Cottage 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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