Woodlea and Corner Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. Houses. 1 related planning application.
Woodlea and Corner Cottage
- WRENN ID
- ancient-finial-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- Woodlea and Corner Cottage, Church End, Swerford
- OS grid reference
- SP 371 310
- Coordinates
- 51.97699, -1.46027
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two houses, Woodlea and Corner Cottage, were built in the early 18th century. They are constructed of coursed squared marlstone and limestone with wooden lintels. The roofs are covered in Stonesfield slate, concrete plain tiles, and corrugated iron, with brick stacks. The houses are arranged with a single-unit plan and an L-plan.
Woodlea has a two-window front. The entrance is on the right, and the entrance to Corner Cottage is on the left, flanking a three-light casement window. Two two-light casement windows are located on the first floor. All windows have leaded glazing. The stone-slated roof has a stack on the right.
Corner Cottage has a two-window front with three-light casement windows on the ground floor and two-light casement windows above, all with leaded glazing. A tiled roof is present with a stack to the right and a hipped section to the left, extending to a long rear range. The end section of the rear range has a corrugated iron roof. The interiors remain uninspected.
Local climate
Woodlea and Corner 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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