Oak Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
Oak Cottage
- WRENN ID
- swift-pillar-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Oak Cottage, Greenway Lane, Gretton, GL54 5ER
- OS grid reference
- SP 010 303
- Coordinates
- 51.97122, -1.98588
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oak Cottage is a barn, now a house, dating to the 17th century, although the majority of the property was rebuilt in the late 20th century. The building is constructed primarily of rubble limestone, with one timber-framed wall and a concrete tile roof. The north-east wall is a simple, unbraced timber-frame structure with plaster panels set on a stone plinth. It features 3 intermediate horizontal rails and an eaves plate with alternating main and subsidiary vertical timbers spanning 8 bays. An extension has been built to the left in a similar style. This wall contains three top-hung lights at eaves level, and two three-light casements below. The property is listed primarily for the retention of this timber-framed wall, which represents a remnant of an earlier complete building; it is a striking feature, set well back and elevated from the street.
Local climate
Oak Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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 1998
- 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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