Craven Cottage and Cottage Adjoining, Old Forge Cottage and Teallach Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1952. Cottage row. 6 related planning applications.

Craven Cottage and Cottage Adjoining, Old Forge Cottage and Teallach Cottage

WRENN ID
dusted-groin-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1952
Type
Cottage row
Address
Craven Cottage and Cottage Adjoining, Old Forge Cottage and Teallach Cottage, SN6 8NA
OS grid reference
SU 264 850
Coordinates
51.56386, -1.61944
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A smithy with an attached cottage and three adjoining cottages forming a row, dating from the 17th century (Teallach and Craven Cottages) and the late 18th century. The building is constructed of uncoursed sarsen rubble, with chalk rubble to the rear; brick quoins and dressings are present on Old Forge Cottage, chalk quoins on Teallach Cottage, a squared and coursed chalk base with chalk quoins on Craven Cottage, and the adjoining end cottage has a rendered facade. Roofs are thatched, except for Old Forge Cottage which has an old tile roof, and brick stacks are visible.

The building has a nine-window range, with Old Forge Cottage being two storeys high, while the others are 1 1/2 storeys. There are 20th-century doors except for a ledged door in the 1 1/2-storey smithy section. One late 19th-century two-light casement window is found in the cottage adjoining Teallach Cottage. The other windows are largely 20th-century casements, with two mid- to late-19th-century three-light casements on the ground floor of Teallach Cottage. All doors and windows have wood lintels and segmental brick arches. A brick band with segmental brick arches links a five-bay arcade at the ground floor of the Old Smithy section, containing two doors (one blocked) and three central windows (one blocked).

Inside the Old Smithy, there are two forging hearths and a three-bay queen-strut roof with butt purlins. Other cottages feature chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.

Local climate

Craven Cottage and Cottage Adjoining, Old Forge Cottage and Teallach 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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  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 6 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
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