Danum Cottage Limehurst is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Danum Cottage Limehurst
- WRENN ID
- noble-pier-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Danum Cottage Limehurst, 184, High Street, Burford, OX18 4QY
- OS grid reference
- SP 250 119
- Coordinates
- 51.80571, -1.63778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Danum Cottage is a pair of cottages, likely dating from the 17th century, and altered subsequently. The construction is of coursed rubble, with a Cotswold stone roof and a chimney positioned off-centre to the right. The cottages were originally designed with a central alleyway plan. They are single-storied with an attic, though they were previously two storeys high. There are two windows, featuring 20th-century casements beneath timber lintels and large, gabled half-dormers positioned above what were formerly first-floor windows, now blocked. A central, depressed, chamfered Tudor arch doorway provides access to a common alleyway, serving both cottages, and has a 20th-century panelled door. The cottage was previously known as Purwell Cottage and was formerly listed as two adjoining cottages called Donnington House on the south.
Local climate
Danum Cottage Limehurst receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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