Lilac Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. House. 5 related planning applications.
Lilac Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stony-mortar-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lilac Cottage, Workhouse Corner, Uffington, SN7 7RF
- OS grid reference
- SU 302 890
- Coordinates
- 51.59916, -1.56485
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lilac Cottage is an early 18th-century house located at Uffington Northouse Corner. The construction utilizes squared and coursed chalk set upon a sarsen base, with chalk block quoins and a thatched roof. Brick stacks are present. Originally a two-unit plan building, it now has a three-window front. A 20th-century door is centrally positioned, leading to a 20th-century timber porch with club and plain tile cladding. The windows are 3-light leaded casements with chamfered timber lintels. The roof is gabled, with lateral stacks at the ends and rear.
Inside, the room to the right features a stone fireplace with a moulded surround, and a mid-19th century iron door that leads to a bread oven. The room to the left reveals a deep chamfered beam with ogee stops, also applied to the fireplace bresummer. A first-floor room on the right also contains a stone fireplace with a moulded surround, and a timber-framed partition extends to the rear wing. The roof structure includes a collar-truss and butt purlins.
Local climate
Lilac 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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