Foscote Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1989. A Late C17 Cottage.

Foscote Cottage

WRENN ID
old-joist-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 May 1989
Type
Cottage
Period
Late C17
Address
Foscote Cottage, Foscot, Chipping Norton, Idbury, OX7 6RH
OS grid reference
SP 249 219
Coordinates
51.89582, -1.63861
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Foscote Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 17th century, with later additions and alterations. It is built of roughly coursed limestone rubble and has a concrete tile roof. The cottage has two storeys and an attic. It features chamfered mullion windows with dripstones throughout, including two 2-light windows on the first floor and two 3-light windows on the ground floor, all of which are early 20th century except for the upper left window. There are additional 20th-century mullion windows in the gable ends, along with an infilled opening to the attic in the right gable end. The roof slope includes two 20th-century flat-roofed dormers. The integral end stacks have been rebuilt in the 20th century. A late 17th-century 2-light mullion window is located at the rear on the first floor. There is also a single-storey 20th-century range at right angles to the rear, which is not of special architectural interest. The cottage is included for its group value.

Local climate

Foscote Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% 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 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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