Oakfield Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Crawley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1983. Cottage.
Oakfield Cottage
- WRENN ID
- knotted-banister-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Crawley
- Constituency
- Crawley MP: Peter Lamb (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Oakfield Cottage, Balcombe Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 297 370
- Coordinates
- 51.1183, -0.14777
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oakfield Cottage is an early 18th century L-shaped cottage located on Balcombe Road in Pound Hill. The building stands two storeys tall, with a ground floor constructed of brick and an upper floor that is tile hung, featuring alternating courses of plain and pointed tiles. The south end of the west range is weather-boarded. The cottage has a tiled roof, which is complemented by 18th century brick chimney stacks. It also includes two wooden casement windows and a simple doorcase.
Local climate
Oakfield Cottage 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 greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
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