Window Box Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Window Box Cottage
- WRENN ID
- fading-mortar-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Window Box Cottage, 27, High Street, Burford
- OS grid reference
- SP 251 123
- Coordinates
- 51.80936, -1.63593
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Window Box Cottage is a cottage that features a mid-19th century front attached to an 18th century structure. It is constructed of ashlar stone and has a Cotswold stone roof. The building is two storeys high and sits above a cellar. The front has three bays with wide paned sash windows, paired on the ground floor, and a six-panel door to the left. Inside, the cottage retains a door with raised and fielded panels that are similar to those found in Riverside House, as well as a mid-18th century style fireplace dating from around 1900.
Local climate
Window Box Cottage 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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