Gable Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Gable Cottage

WRENN ID
fallen-rubblework-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Gable Cottage, Witney Street, Burford, OX18 4SN
OS grid reference
SP 253 121
Coordinates
51.80721, -1.63343
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gable Cottage is a cottage dating from the 16th century or early 17th century. The front is rendered, possibly over a timber frame, and it features a Cotswold stone roof. The cottage has a twin-gabled front, characteristic of traditional Cotswold architecture. It includes 20th-century oak casement windows, with angled oriel windows in a 1:3:1 arrangement on the first floor and angled bay windows in a 1:4:1 arrangement on the ground floor, all topped with Cotswold stone roofs. There is a door on the left that slightly projects, with a 20th-century window to its left. Inside, there is an arch-braced structure that may be a cruck, with one blade visible at the rear and the other likely built into the wall. A heavy spine beam supports the floor and features a deep chamfer.

Local climate

Gable Cottage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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