Croft Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. A C19 Cottages. 3 related planning applications.
Croft Cottages
- WRENN ID
- idle-facade-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Croft Cottages, 1-4, Little Tew, OX7 4JQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 383 285
- Coordinates
- 51.95456, -1.44345
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of four cottages was built in 1863 by Charles Buckeridge in the Gothic Revival style. The cottages are constructed of coursed squared limestone with ashlar dressings and feature a concrete roof covered with plain tiles, along with partly-rebuilt stone stacks. They have single-bay, double-depth plans.
The symmetrical six-window front has a pair of pointed-arched doorways in the centre, accompanied by chamfered surrounds and ornamental hinges. Above these doorways are small single lights with transoms. The remaining bays contain stone mullioned-and-transomed windows, with two or three lights each. All openings are topped with marlstone relieving arches. Main first-floor windows are half dormers set into four stone gables. The ends have similar doors and windows.
The cottages were originally intended as almshouses. The interiors have not been inspected.
Local climate
Croft Cottages 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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