Blue Row is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. Row of cottages. 4 related planning applications.
Blue Row
- WRENN ID
- inner-casement-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- Row of cottages
- Address
- Blue Row, 1, 2, 3 and 4, Church End, Swerford, OX7 4BA
- OS grid reference
- SP 372 311
- Coordinates
- 51.97754, -1.45857
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of four cottages dating from around 1800, located on Church End in Swerford. The cottages are constructed from coursed marlstone and limestone rubble, with some ashlar dressings and a concrete roof covered in plain tiles. A brick ridge stack is visible between each pair of cottages, and cables have been fitted with added parapets. Each cottage has a single-unit plan with small rear wings, arranged over two storeys. The front of each cottage features a doorway beneath an arched metal canopy, alongside a three-light casement window, both set within a segmental arch. Two three-light casement windows are positioned at the first floor, each with a wooden lintel. A passageway in the centre of the row is defined by a semi-circular arch constructed from ashlar, with a projecting keyblock. The rear of the cottages displays two single-storey wings with gable parapets, and two further wings that appear to have been raised at some point. The interiors have not been inspected. The row is included on the register for its group value.
Local climate
Blue Row 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 — 3 transactions since 2005
- 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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