White Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. House, cottages.
White Cottages
- WRENN ID
- eternal-steel-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- House, cottages
- Address
- White Cottages, 1, 2 and 3, Worton
- OS grid reference
- SP 425 302
- Coordinates
- 51.9688, -1.38208
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White Cottages is a house that has been converted into three cottages. It dates from the 17th century, was remodeled in the 19th century, and extended in the 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed squared marlstone with renewed wooden lintels and features a Welsh-slate roof with stone and brick ridge stacks. It has a three-unit plan that has been subdivided and extended, standing two storeys plus an attic.
The front facade has four windows, which are 20th-century leaded three-light casements, except for the added left bay that has two-light windows. The entrances are located to the right of the center and in a 19th-century subsidiary bay to the right, both featuring brick porches. The roof includes two rebuilt dormers and two stacks, one of which has some early narrow bricks. The front wall displays carved stone with arms and the date 1907. The rear of the building has later extensions.
Inside, No. 2 features stop-chamfered joists and beams, as well as winder stairs. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
White 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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