Rectory Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.
Rectory Cottage
- WRENN ID
- graven-storey-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rectory Cottage, Church End, Swerford
- OS grid reference
- SP 371 310
- Coordinates
- 51.97647, -1.46034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rectory Cottage is a house built in 1728, as indicated by the datestone, and extended in the 20th century. It is constructed from coursed squared marlstone with wooden lintels and features a concrete plain-tile roof with brick gable stacks. The building has a three-unit plan with a rear wing and a large addition, standing two storeys plus an attic.
The front of the house has three windows, all featuring 20th-century casements except for one altered ground-floor window on the right, which contains a 12-pane sash. The central window likely served as the entrance. The datestone, which has a straight moulded hood, is inscribed "F/WE/MDCCXXVIII". The roof is adorned with gable parapets and projecting moulded kneelers.
The lower rear wing, which returns on the left, may be contemporary with the original construction. The large 20th-century range to the right is not of special architectural interest. The rear of the building now serves as the entrance front. The interior has not been inspected. Rectory Cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Rectory Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- 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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