The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- wild-ledge-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, the Green, Grove, OX12 0AW
- OS grid reference
- SU 401 905
- Coordinates
- 51.61226, -1.42134
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a 17th-century house located on the north side of The Green in Grove. It features a rendered plinth with corrugated iron sheeting over timber framing and a 20th-century concrete-tile roof. The building is two stories high and has a two-window range. On the ground floor, there is a sash door to the right of the center, accompanied by a 20th-century open porch. To the left, there is a part-glazed door, also from the 20th century, with another open porch. The right side has a two-light casement window, while a single-light casement is positioned to the left of the center. On the first floor, there are two three-light casements. Inside, the ground floor features chamfered spine beams with round end-stops.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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 — 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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