River 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. 8 related planning applications.
River Cottage
- WRENN ID
- graven-gargoyle-indigo
- 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
- River Cottage, Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4NJ
- OS grid reference
- SU 504 943
- Coordinates
- 51.64537, -1.27168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
River Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century. The house has a rendered plinth and irregular timber framing, incorporating replaced timbers with roughcast infill. The roof is thatched, and there are brick end stacks. It is two storeys high with a 3-window front. A 6-panel door is positioned to the left of the centre. The windows are a mix of 2-light casements, with a horizontal sash window on the ground floor to the left. One window is a horizontal sash. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
River 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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