The Owl Pen is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1952. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Owl Pen
- WRENN ID
- sharp-pewter-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Owl Pen, Boat Lane, Welford-On-Avon, CV37 8EN
- OS grid reference
- SP 145 521
- Coordinates
- 52.16742, -1.78891
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Owl Pen is a house located in Welford-on-Avon, dating from the 17th century with later alterations. It features a timber-frame construction with painted plaster infill set on a rubble plinth, topped by a hipped thatched roof. There is a brick stack at the rear of the ridge and a cross-axial stack. The building has a three-unit plan and is single-storey plus attic with a two-window range.
On the exterior, the entrance is positioned to the left of center and consists of a battened door within a moulded wood frame. To the right of the entrance, there is a two-light casement window, while the windows on either side feature three-light casements, with a small light in a narrow extension at the left end. The first floor includes two raking dormers, each with four-light casements, all of which have leaded glazing. To the right of center, there is a rounded plastered projection that houses a bread oven.
Additionally, there is a timber-framed single-storey extension on the right, which has a hipped tile roof and a two-light casement window with crown glass and lead cames. The attic floor displays bracing. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Owl Pen 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 lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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