Poplar Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1989. House. 1 related planning application.

Poplar Cottage

WRENN ID
tall-groin-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1989
Type
House
Address
Poplar Cottage, Main Road, Clanfield
OS grid reference
SP 285 018
Coordinates
51.71461, -1.58863
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Poplar Cottage is a house dating from the late 17th century, with extensions made in the early to mid-18th century, along with later additions and alterations. It is constructed of uncoursed limestone rubble and features a stone slate roof that is hipped to the left. The original part of the house consists of three bays, which was extended by one bay to the left in the 18th century.

The building has two storeys, with blazing bar sash windows located directly below the eaves—one on the left and three on the original part. The 18th-century extension has a 16-paned glazing bar sash window on the ground floor, along with another window that has a cambered head to the right of the original part. There is a 20th-century flat-roofed open projection to the left of the house, which features a 20th-century French window flanked by casements. To the left, there is a doorway with a small casement, likely where an end stack was previously located, and a straight joint can be seen below it. Additionally, there is a 16-paned glazing bar sash window on each floor of the left wall, and a lean-to structure at the rear.

The interior was not inspected during the resurvey in May 1987, but it was noted to have chamfered spine beams in the ground-floor rooms.

Local climate

Poplar Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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