Downham Cottage and Akeman House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1989. House. 2 related planning applications.
Downham Cottage and Akeman House
- WRENN ID
- stranded-jamb-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1989
- Type
- House
- Address
- Downham Cottage and Akeman House, Main Street, Asthall, OX18 4HW
- OS grid reference
- SP 288 113
- Coordinates
- 51.79992, -1.58252
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Downham Cottage and Akeman House are a pair of 17th-century houses located on the north side of Astall Main Street. They are constructed of stone rubble with a stone slate roof. The properties feature stone ridge stacks, one to the left of centre, one to the right of centre, and an end stack to the right. The houses present a two-story, five-window facade. There is a plank door to the left of centre and another to the right of centre. The windows are 20th-century casements with wooden lintels, arranged in a regular pattern. The interior of Downham Cottage was not inspected, but it is believed to contain a blocked window located at the right end, where it joins Akeman House. Inside Akeman House, there is an open fireplace with a brick-domed bread oven to the right of centre, and a chamfered spine beam on the ground floor right.
Local climate
Downham Cottage and Akeman House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
- 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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