Old Toms is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 June 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Old Toms
- WRENN ID
- kindled-newel-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 June 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Toms, North Side, Steeple Aston, OX25 4SE
- OS grid reference
- SP 474 260
- Coordinates
- 51.93069, -1.31181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Toms is a house dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, constructed from limestone rubble, some of which is banded, and features wooden lintels. It has a thatched roof with rubble-and-brick stacks. The building has a two-unit plan with an added third unit and a rear wing, and it is one storey plus an attic.
The front of the house has three bays, with the left two bays being older. These bays contain three-light casements on both floors: in the first bay, there is a leaded 18th-century casement above a 20th-century window next to the entrance; in the second bay, there is a leaded 17th-century wood-mullioned window above a leaded 18th-century casement that has a stop-chamfered lintel. The third bay, made of coursed squared rubble banded with marlstone, has renewed windows. All first-floor windows are half dormers. The roof features rubble-based stacks located to the left of the center and at the right gable.
At the rear, there are additional renewed casements and dormers, along with a 16-pane sash window in the 18th-century bay. The rear wing extends from the left end and includes an external stone stair leading to the first floor. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Old Toms sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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