The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1989. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
The Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tall-terrace-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1989
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatched Cottage, Lew, OX18 2AZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 321 059
- Coordinates
- 51.75124, -1.5352
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched Cottage is a late 18th-century cottage located in Lew. It is constructed with whitewashed render over rubble limestone, and has a thatched roof with brick chimneys on each side. The single-storey and attic cottage has two small bays. The left bay features a wooden single-light window low beneath the eaves, a board door, and a horizontal sliding sash window in the gable end. The right bay has older two-light wooden casement windows with metal fittings; one window is set within the thatch. A small, single-storey extension with a corrugated iron roof adjoins the right end. Inside, a staircase is positioned on the axis of the chimney stack in the right bay. The cottage is also known as Lew Hill Cottage.
Local climate
The Thatched Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 2 transactions since 2001
- 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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