Swiss Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. Summerhouse, playroom. 2 related planning applications.
Swiss Cottage
- WRENN ID
- half-rubble-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1983
- Type
- Summerhouse, playroom
- Address
- Swiss Cottage, Faringdon Road, Shrivenham, SN6 8EY
- OS grid reference
- SU 245 895
- Coordinates
- 51.6046, -1.64712
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Swiss Cottage, built around the 1850s, is designed in the Swiss Chalet style by Lord Barrington of Beckett Park as a summerhouse and playroom. It features a combination of timber framing and brick nogging, with gabled thatched roofs and a central brick chimney. The building has a Greek cross layout, consisting of one storey and an attic, with gable ends on each arm and gabled dormers facing southwest. All windows have diamond glazing, contributing to its picturesque rustic appearance, which is further enhanced by the use of cut timbers applied to the brick walls. The garden front, originally the entrance, includes a plank and batten door, and there is a similar door on the roadside front. The cottage is illustrated in Candida Lycett Green's book, English Cottages, published in 1982.
Local climate
Swiss 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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