Shepherds Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1956. A C17 House. 4 related planning applications.
Shepherds Cottage
- WRENN ID
- solemn-plaster-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1956
- Type
- House
- Address
- Shepherds Cottage, Little Tew, OX7 4JB
- OS grid reference
- SP 384 285
- Coordinates
- 51.95402, -1.44142
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shepherds Cottage is a house dating to the late 17th or early 18th century, with a ground floor likely of an earlier date. It is situated in Little Tew. The construction consists of mixed limestone and marlstone rubble, with wooden lintels, and a concrete plain-tile roof. The building has ashlar and brick stacks. Originally planned with three units, the front has a three-window façade, but the two bays to the left are taller and feature renewed three-light casement windows, along with a 20th-century roof dormer. The lower bay has casements of varying sizes. Both sections of the house were originally raised from single-story at an early point in their history. A canted bread oven, with a stone slate projection, overlaps the junction of the two sections and aligns with a double stack built on stone bases. A further brick stack is located on the left gable. The rear of the taller range has a large, full-height gabled stair tower and an original three-light leaded casement window. The entrance to the lower bay is at the rear. A county fire insurance plaque is affixed to the front wall. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Shepherds 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- 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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