Four Corner Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. House. 1 related planning application.

Four Corner Cottage

WRENN ID
dusk-postern-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 June 1988
Type
House
Address
Four Corner Cottage, 167, Wroslyn Road, Freeland
OS grid reference
SP 413 128
Coordinates
51.81241, -1.40099
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Four Corner Cottage is a house dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a gabled stone slate roof with a brick end stack. The building has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys high, with a one-window range. The central door is a 20th-century addition, while the windows are 19th-century two-light casements with glazing bars, all set beneath timber lintels. Inside, the cottage has plain beams and an open fireplace with a chamfered bressumer to the right.

Local climate

Four Corner Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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