Merton Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1990. House.
Merton Cottage
- WRENN ID
- grey-barrel-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1990
- Type
- House
- Address
- Merton Cottage, Browns Lane, Charlbury
- OS grid reference
- SP 357 195
- Coordinates
- 51.87322, -1.48201
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Merton Cottage is an 18th-century house located in a row of buildings on the north-west side of Brown's Lane in Charlbury. It is constructed from coursed squared rubble with timber lintels and features a stone slate roof. The cottage has two storeys and an attic, with a two-window range. To the left, there is a flush-panelled door that includes an overlight with vertical glazing bars and a 20th-century hood supported by consoles. On the ground floor, there is a 16-pane sash window, while the first floor has sash windows with glazing bars, along with two hipped dormers. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Merton 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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