1 and 2, Mill Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

1 and 2, Mill Cottages

WRENN ID
stark-alcove-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
1 and 2, Mill Cottages, Church Close, Black Bourton, OX18 2PQ
OS grid reference
SP 287 042
Coordinates
51.73595, -1.58521
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A former house, now a pair of cottages, dating to 1694, with extensions from the 18th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of coursed rubble limestone with a stone slate roof, and has rubble stone chimneys, with the right-hand chimney’s shaft rebuilt in brick during the 19th century. It is two storeys and attic in height, with a four-bay facade. The windows are 2-light wooden casements with horizontal glazing bars, all renewed in the 20th century but retaining old wooden lintels. The right-hand bays have alterations to the ground floor, including a 20th-century 3-light metal casement and a blocked doorway. There are two small gabled roof dormers with 2-light wooden casements. A central 20th-century board door is covered by a gabled wooden hood. To the left is a lower bay from the 18th century with a single-storey gabled extension projecting to the front. A small 20th-century extension is set back to the right. The rear of the original block has an outshot with an off-centre gable. A stone dated "AD 1694" is located by the front door.

Local climate

1 and 2, Mill Cottages receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
  • 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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