Bishop's Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Windsor and Maidenhead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1972. House. 2 related planning applications.

Bishop's Farm House

WRENN ID
under-pewter-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Constituency
Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 April 1972
Type
House
Address
Bishop's Farm House, Bishops Farm Close, Bray, SL4 5UN
OS grid reference
SU 928 765
Coordinates
51.4802, -0.66459
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bishop's Farm House is a hall house, now converted into 9 flats, located at Oakley Green. It dates from the early 15th century and was altered in the 17th century, with further alterations and extensions in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The building is constructed partly of timber frame encased in render with many false timbers applied over the rendering, and partly of brick. It has an old tile gabled roof. The building probably originally had an L-shaped plan consisting of two by two framed bays with a two-framed bay barn adjoining. It now presents an irregular form owing to a large extension on the north east side. The structure rises to two storeys.

Several chimneys with clay pots punctuate the roofline. One is a 17th-century full-height stack distinguished by rendered offsets. The windows are predominantly 19th and 20th century neo-Tudor leaded casements with mullion and transom glazing bars, though some lack leading.

The south-east (entrance) front is irregular in composition. A two-storey gabled entrance porch projects from the elevation, framed by a four-panelled door with a single-light window on either side and a four-light oriel window above. The porch sits across the internal angle of this front. To the left of the porch, two large projecting chimneys with diamond shafts and offset heads are separated by a full-height gabled window, with a gabled three-light window on the first floor and two and three-light windows on the ground floor. Between the right-hand chimney and the porch are two small windows on the first floor and a three-light window on the ground floor. To the right of the porch, a central gable contains a four-light window on the first floor above a door with ornate glazed panels, flanked by single-light windows. To the left are a gabled three-light window on the first floor and a four-light window below.

The south-west front features three one-bay gables with a single-storey section on the left. Three-light windows appear on the first floor, while the ground floor has French casements.

The interior retains some exposed timber frame. The roof comprises partly queen post trusses and partly redundant crown post trusses with large cambered tie beams. The post to the centre truss in the western part carries a roll moulding which extends onto a curved brace.

Local climate

Bishop's Farm House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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