Bell Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1982. Cottage.

Bell Cottage

WRENN ID
tattered-cellar-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1982
Type
Cottage
Address
Bell Cottage, Bell Lane, Bampton
OS grid reference
SP 314 032
Coordinates
51.72696, -1.54558
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bell Cottage is a cottage that dates from the late 16th century to the 17th century, although it was largely rebuilt in the 1980s, which included an extension. The building is constructed of coursed rubble limestone and features a thatched roof with a rebuilt brick chimney on the left side. It is one storey high with an attic and consists of two bays. The lower windows are boarded up and have wooden lintels, brick jambs, and lowered sills. The upper storey has small 20th-century two-light wooden casements located at the eaves level. There is a central boarded door with a wooden lintel. The 20th-century rear extension is designed in a matching style, creating an L-shaped plan. The roof structure is said to retain raised cruck trusses. The cottage is also known as The Cottage.

Local climate

Bell 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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