Ashdown Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1986. A C17 House.

Ashdown Cottage

WRENN ID
shifting-lead-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 January 1986
Type
House
Address
Ashdown Cottage, High Street, Hinton Waldrist
OS grid reference
SU 379 987
Coordinates
51.6865, -1.45315
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ashdown Cottage is a 17th-century house located on the south side of High Street in Hinton Waldrist. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, painted white, and features a thatched roof with brick stacks. It has a two-unit plan and is one storey high with an attic, presenting a two-window range. The windows have timber lintels and are fitted with 20th-century casements, including those in the half-dormers. The gabled roof has gable end stacks, and there is a timber lintel above a 20th-century door located in the left gable wall, which is adjacent to a projecting bread oven. A late 20th-century porch has been added. Inside, the cottage is noted for its chamfered beams and a bressumer over the open fireplace on the ground floor.

Local climate

Ashdown Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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