The Little House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Little House
- WRENN ID
- winding-forge-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Little House, 178, High Street, Burford, OX18 4QY
- OS grid reference
- SP 250 119
- Coordinates
- 51.80593, -1.6377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century cottage located on the west side of the High Street in Burford and Upton. It was formerly known as Hill View. The cottage is built of coursed rubble stone, largely restored, with a Cotswold stone roof and a 20th-century brick chimney on the right side. It is a single-story building with an attic, and one bay wide. It has a Cotswold stone gable facing the front, with a range of two- and three-light chamfered mullion windows fitted with drips. A ledged door with a chamfered lintel is situated to the left. A range of windows is also present on the north gable return.
Local climate
The Little House 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 — 4 transactions since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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