Akeman Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Akeman Cottage

WRENN ID
lapsed-tracery-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 June 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
Akeman Cottage, High Street, Ramsden
OS grid reference
SP 356 152
Coordinates
51.83468, -1.48376
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Akeman Cottage is a 17th-century cottage built from coursed limestone rubble and topped with a stone slate roof. It has an L-shaped plan with a unit range and a wing at the rear, consisting of one storey and an attic. There is an integral stone end stack on the right side. The front features a pair of gabled stone full dormers, each with 2-light leaded wooden casements. The two-window front has small-paned 2-light wooden casements. To the left, there is a 20th-century addition with a boarded door on the return. Inside, the cottage has a chamfered spine beam and an open fireplace on the right, which has a wooden lintel, along with a wooden winder stair located behind it.

Local climate

Akeman Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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