College Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
College Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lost-chamber-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- College Cottage, Watery Lane, Sparsholt, OX12 9PL
- OS grid reference
- SU 347 878
- Coordinates
- 51.58819, -1.4998
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
College Cottage is a house dating from the late 16th century to early 17th century. It features a timber-framed structure with close studding and a middle rail, while the right bay is made of 20th-century brick. The roof is covered with 20th-century tiles, and there are brick stacks. The building has a two-storey, four-window range with a 20th-century porch and door, as well as 20th-century casements. The roof is gabled and includes a 17th-century triple-flue ridge stack. The interior has not been inspected. There is a 20th-century one-storey extension to the right gable and a 1.5-storey extension to the rear right.
Local climate
College Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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 2000
- 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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