Wayside Cottage and Upper Wayside Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. House.

Wayside Cottage and Upper Wayside Cottage

WRENN ID
odd-minaret-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 1988
Type
House
Address
Wayside Cottage and Upper Wayside Cottage, Witney Road, South Leigh and High Cogges
OS grid reference
SP 386 090
Coordinates
51.77894, -1.44128
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wayside Cottage and Upper Wayside Cottage are two houses located on Witney Road in South Leigh. Wayside Cottage dates from the 17th century and is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with gabled thatch roofs. It features a ridge stack made of stone finished in brick. The cottage has an extended three-unit plan, is one storey high with an attic, and has a three-window range. There are timber lintels above a 19th-century plank door and late 19th-century two-light casements with glazing bars, except for a 20th-century light on the left. The cottage also has similar late 19th-century dormer casements.

Upper Wayside Cottage is from the late 18th century and is also made of coursed limestone rubble, topped with a gabled stone slate roof and featuring a brick end stack. This cottage has a one-unit plan, is two storeys high with an attic, and has a one-window range. It has timber lintels over a 20th-century door and windows, as well as a gabled dormer. The interiors of both cottages have not been inspected but are likely to be of interest.

Local climate

Wayside Cottage and Upper Wayside Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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