Sturt House and Sturt House Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. House. 1 related planning application.
Sturt House and Sturt House Cottage
- WRENN ID
- swift-keep-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Sturt House and Sturt House Cottage, East End, North Leigh, OX29 6QA
- OS grid reference
- SP 395 149
- Coordinates
- 51.83187, -1.42701
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sturt House and Sturt House Cottage comprise two houses with possible medieval origins. Sturt House itself is largely of the mid-18th century, with an extension added around 1880. Constructed of coursed limestone rubble, it features a gabled stone slate roof and a left-end stack finished in brick. The main house has a three-window range over two storeys and an attic, with a flat stone hood over the central 20th-century door. Windows are predominantly 20th-century sashes with timber and stone lintels, and a round window sits above the door. Gabled roof dormers light the attic space. A roughly contemporary extension, incorporating brick dressings to the rear, appears to the rear and to the right bay.
Sturt House Cottage is situated to the left and is primarily of late 18th and early 19th century date, being a one-storey and attic range constructed from similar materials.
A unique feature is the ancient cellar beneath Sturt House Cottage, purportedly dating back to the 14th century. This cellar, accessible from within Sturt House, is formed from coursed limestone, creating a pointed-arched vault.
Local climate
Sturt House and Sturt House Cottage 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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