Howes 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. 3 related planning applications.

Howes Cottage

WRENN ID
moated-hearth-larch
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
Howes Cottage, 6, Chapel Lane, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4AN
OS grid reference
SU 500 939
Coordinates
51.64204, -1.27769
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Howes Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century. The ground floor is made of painted brick, while the first floor features roughcast with some irregular timber-framing on the right side. The roof is covered with plain tiles and has a 20th-century rebuilt brick chimney located to the left of the center. The building is two stories tall with an attic and has a four-window range. The ground floor has two-light casements, except for a three-light casement on the left, while the first floor has two-light casements, except for another three-light casement on the left. There is a cross-gable to the right of the center that includes a two-light casement. The first floor has rendered panels with stencil floral decoration on the left and left of center. A plank door leads to the cross-wing at the right rear. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Howes 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 — 1 transaction since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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