Brookside Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1988. House, dwelling. 8 related planning applications.

Brookside Cottages

WRENN ID
tall-vault-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 August 1988
Type
House, dwelling
Address
Brookside Cottages, 1 and 2, Enstone, OX7 4DX
OS grid reference
SP 388 240
Coordinates
51.91365, -1.43644
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These cottages, now two separate dwellings, likely originated in the late 17th or early 18th century, incorporating elements from an earlier medieval structure. The construction is of coursed limestone rubble with wooden lintels and ashlar quoins, topped by a Stonesfield-slate roof with rubble stacks. The original design was based on a three-unit plan, with a later extension to the rear.

The front of the building has two storeys plus an attic, and originally three windows. There are renewed two-light casement windows on both floors. Between the second and third bays is a reused 14th-century doorway, featuring a moulded arch and a hood mould. Above the doorway is a small, blocked window with two ogee-headed lights set within a semi-circular tympanum. A secondary entrance, serving the second cottage, is located on the extreme left side. A rear wing, projecting from the left side, has been extended. The main range has a steep-pitched roof with a gable stack on the right and a ridge stack between the first and second bays. The interior of the cottages has not been inspected.

Local climate

Brookside Cottages receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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  • Sale history — 11 transactions since 2000
  • 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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