The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1986. Cottage.
The Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- floating-grate-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Thatched Cottage, B4030, Enstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 405 252
- Coordinates
- 51.92426, -1.41243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched Cottage is a small house dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with a 20th-century extension. It is built of limestone rubble with wooden lintels and features a thatched roof with rubble gable stacks. The cottage has a two-unit plan that extends to the rear and consists of one storey plus an attic. The front has three windows, which include small dormers with two, two, and one light. A central doorway is positioned between two-light casements. The right end wall features a small gable window, and there is an additional small dormer above the single-storey extension. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Thatched Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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