The Shambles and Inglenook Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Farmhouse, cottage.
The Shambles and Inglenook Cottage
- WRENN ID
- eastward-lantern-hawk
- 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
- Farmhouse, cottage
- Address
- The Shambles and Inglenook Cottage, Lower Common, Uffington
- OS grid reference
- SU 308 896
- Coordinates
- 51.6051, -1.55608
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shambles and Inglenook Cottage is a farmhouse that was converted into two cottages in the late 18th century. It features elements from the 17th and late 18th centuries, along with an early 19th-century one-bay extension on the left side. The original structure was timber-framed, with square framing visible on the right gable wall. The building is constructed with squared chalk brought to course on a sarsen base, and it has brick quoins and dressings. The roof is thatched, and there are brick stacks.
The building has a lobby-entry plan, although the original layout is not entirely clear. It is 1.5 stories high and has a five-window range. There are cambered brick arches above the planked door and 20th-century casements. The roof is half-hipped, featuring a 17th-century ridge, a late 19th-century end on the right, and late 20th-century front lateral stacks.
Inside, The Shambles has chamfered beams, while the Adjoining Cottage includes a bressumer over the fireplace, original stairs opposite the entry, and a chamfered beam. There is a timber-framed wall separating The Shambles from the adjoining cottage. A 20th-century brick and tile lean-to is attached to the right gable wall, which incorporates the current entry to The Shambles. Mortice holes in the exposed timber frame of the right gable wall suggest that the original house extended further to the right and has since been truncated.
Local climate
The Shambles and Inglenook 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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