10, Main Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1988. House.

10, Main Road

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1988
Type
House
Address
10, Main Road, Newton Purcell with Shelswell
OS grid reference
SP 625 305
Coordinates
51.96997, -1.09127
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a house located at 10 Main Road, dated 1662 according to a datestone. It has 20th-century alterations and additions. The building is made of coursed squared limestone and features a thatched roof. It has a two-unit plan, stands two storeys tall plus an attic, and has a two-window range. The entrance is flanked by two 2-light metal casements set in wooden frames, with lead cames, wrought-iron casement fasteners, and wooden lintels. On the first floor, there are two 3-light metal casements also in wooden frames, with similar lead cames, wrought-iron fasteners, and wooden lintels. The house has two roof dormers. Inside, there is a stop-chamfered beam, a wooden winder stair, an inglenook with a chamfered bressumer, and a bread oven.

Local climate

10, Main Road sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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