The Martin's Nest is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Martin's Nest
- WRENN ID
- western-pier-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Martin's Nest, the Green, Barrington, OX18 4TE
- OS grid reference
- SP 205 127
- Coordinates
- 51.81284, -1.70375
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Martin's Nest is a small cottage located in Little Barrington village, dating to the late 18th or early 19th century. It adjoins Greycote, another listed building. The cottage is built of coursed squared and dressed limestone with a stone slate roof and a single ashlar stack. Its rectangular plan includes a lean-to on the north side. The cottage acts as a single-bay extension to the left gable end of Greycote. The gable end forms the front facade, featuring a two-light wooden casement window to the first floor and a similar casement below. A 20th-century glazed door with leaded panes is positioned to the right of the gable. All openings in the gable end have cambered-headed surrounds. A 20th-century part-glazed plank door, alongside a casement window with a horizontal glazing bar above, are found in the lean-to on the right. The roof is half-hipped. An axial stack rises to combine with the stack at the gable end of Greycote. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Martin's Nest receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% 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 — 3 transactions since 2003
- 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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