Old Garth is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. House.
Old Garth
- WRENN ID
- grim-pilaster-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Garth, Baker's Lane, South Newington
- OS grid reference
- SP 405 333
- Coordinates
- 51.99685, -1.41041
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Garth is an 18th-century house located on Baker's Lane in South Newington. It is constructed from regularly coursed ironstone rubble and features a steeply pitched wood shingle roof. The house has a large axial brick ridge stack set on a stone base and follows a 2-unit plan. It stands two storeys tall and has a three-window range. The entrance is into a thatched single-storey extension on the left, which includes a stone porch with a thatched gabled roof. The ground floor has three 20th-century windows with stone sills and 20th-century lintels, while the first floor has three similar windows. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Old Garth receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
- No related consent applications matched
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