Milton Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1990. House. 2 related planning applications.

Milton Cottage

WRENN ID
outer-sentry-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1990
Type
House
Address
Milton Cottage, Pooles Lane, Charlbury, OX7 3QP
OS grid reference
SP 358 194
Coordinates
51.87277, -1.48051
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Milton Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of coursed rubble, featuring timber lintels and a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a two-window range of sashes that include glazing bars. To the left, there is a 20th-century door set within a 19th-century canted bay that has side windows and a hipped stone slate roof. The house has two chimneys at the gable ends and an attic casement window in the left gable. Inside, there is a blocked inglenook fireplace.

Local climate

Milton 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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