The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1956. House. 4 related planning applications.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1956
Type
House
Address
The Cottage, Church Street, Charlbury, OX7 3PP
OS grid reference
SP 356 194
Coordinates
51.8722, -1.48354
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a 17th-century house located on Church Street, Charlbury. It was originally listed as a house adjoining the Old Royal Oak to the east. The house is constructed of roughly coursed and squared rubble with a stone slate roof. It has two storeys and an attic. The facade features a symmetrical two-window range. A half-glazed front door has a stop-chamfered lintel that matches the lintels above the ground-floor windows. The left-hand window has a pair of sash windows with glazing bars, while the right-hand window has horizontal sliding sashes. The first-floor windows are casements with three leaded lights and central iron frames. Two identical gabled dormers are present, each with casements and glazing bars. A chimney on the left gable end has been heightened. The interior of the house has not been inspected.

Local climate

The 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 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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