Bishop's Cottage and Two Chimneys is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. House. 11 related planning applications.
Bishop's Cottage and Two Chimneys
- WRENN ID
- heavy-flint-jay
- 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
- Bishop's Cottage and Two Chimneys, West Ginge, Ardington, OX12 8QR
- OS grid reference
- SU 444 866
- Coordinates
- 51.57707, -1.36008
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishop's Cottage and Two Chimneys is a house that has been divided into two dwellings. It dates from the 17th century and has undergone later alterations. The building features a rendered plinth and large timber-framing with rendered infill, topped by a thatched hipped roof and various brick stacks. It is designed in an L-shape, with a single storey and attic, and has a three-window range. There is a plank door located on the left return. The windows are arranged irregularly and include casements, with bay windows on the ground floor and three swept dormers above. The left return displays timber-framing with brick infill and a 20th-century plain-tile roof. This section has a two-storey, three-window range and a single storey and attic bay to the left, with irregularly arranged 20th-century casements. The interiors have not been inspected.
Local climate
Bishop's Cottage and Two Chimneys 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 — 11 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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