Lynton Cottage and the Old Court House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1988. House.

Lynton Cottage and the Old Court House

WRENN ID
plain-porch-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 August 1988
Type
House
Address
Lynton Cottage and the Old Court House, Church Street, Enstone
OS grid reference
SP 379 250
Coordinates
51.92269, -1.44983
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lynton Cottage and The Old Court House is a house that has been divided into two dwellings. It dates from the early to mid-17th century and has been altered and extended in the 18th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with wooden lintels and features a concrete plain-tile roof with brick stacks.

The layout consists of a three-unit through-passage plan with an added rear wing and a garage bay. It stands two storeys tall, plus an attic, and has a three-window front on the earlier main range. The ground floor has large renewed three-light casement windows, while the first floor features similar but smaller windows, except for the first-floor window of Lynton Cottage on the left, which has an old three-light casement with early leaded glazing beneath a heavily-moulded lintel. Most other lintels are concealed by render, except for the chamfered ground-floor lintel of Lynton Cottage.

The entrances are located between the bays, with the left entrance featuring a small 20th-century porch. The steep-pitched roof has three stacks and extends over the 20th-century garage bay of Lynton Cottage. The short rear wing of Lynton Cottage is likely from the 18th century. Inside, there are heavy stop-chamfered cross beams and some adjoining cross walls. It is said that The Courts Leet were held in The Old Court House.

Local climate

Lynton Cottage and the Old Court House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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