The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- young-spandrel-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, the Park, Harwell, OX11 0HB
- OS grid reference
- SU 492 888
- Coordinates
- 51.59642, -1.29014
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a house that likely dates from the 17th century, featuring a brick front that is dated 1803, located to the left of the porch. The building is constructed of brick, with old plain tiles covering the lower part of the roof and thatch on the upper part, which is hipped over a single-storey bay on the right side. There is a brick ridge stack at the center of the roof.
The house has a 2-unit lobby-entry plan and is a two-storey, two-bay structure positioned at right angles to the road. A plank door is located at the center, accompanied by a 20th-century open brick porch. To the left of the door, there is a three-light casement window with a segmental brick head, while to the right of the center, there is a two-light casement with a segmental brick head, and a single-light casement to the right. On the first floor, there are two-light casements to the left and right, and a single-light casement to the right of the center.
To the right, there is a single-storey, single-bay addition that features timber framing with 20th-century brick infill. The interior has not been inspected, but it is noted to have chamfered spine beams on the ground floor and may be of cruck construction with later alterations.
Local climate
The 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2022
- 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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