Rectory Cottage and Attached Barn is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. Cottage, barn.

Rectory Cottage and Attached Barn

WRENN ID
white-joist-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1987
Type
Cottage, barn
Address
Rectory Cottage and Attached Barn, Worton
OS grid reference
SP 429 291
Coordinates
51.95944, -1.37627
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rectory Cottage and the attached barn are likely from the early 18th century, with some conversion work done in the late 18th or early 19th century. The building is constructed from coursed squared marlstone and features roofs made of corrugated asbestos and concrete plain tiles, along with brick stacks. Originally a six-bay barn, it has full-height doorways on the left of the center. The right side has three bays that have been raised at the eaves and converted into a two-storey cottage. The front of the cottage has a central doorway within a 20th-century glazed porch, flanked by casement windows, one of which has been enlarged. The first-floor windows consist of three, two, and two lights, some of which have old leaded casements. The stacks are positioned on either side of the house. Inside, the barn features trenched purlins on crossed-principal trusses that once supported a ridge purlin. The interior of the house has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Rectory Cottage and Attached Barn 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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