The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1988. A C18 Small house. 1 related planning application.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- grey-spindle-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1988
- Type
- Small house
- Address
- The Cottage, Church Lane, Spelsbury
- OS grid reference
- SP 349 216
- Coordinates
- 51.89237, -1.49323
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a small house dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble with wooden lintels and features a Stonesfield-slate roof with a rubble gable stack. The building has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys plus an attic. The front has an irregular arrangement of two windows, with tall two-light casements on the first floor, both featuring stop-chamfered lintels. To the left of the central doorway is a taller casement, and to the right is a short three-light casement. The right gable includes an attic window. The interior has not been inspected. The Cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
The 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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