Wood Farm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Wood Farm Cottage
- WRENN ID
- north-soffit-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wood Farm Cottage, 43, Ploughley Road, Arncott, OX25 1NY
- OS grid reference
- SP 610 180
- Coordinates
- 51.8573, -1.11426
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, likely dating to the 17th century with additions in the early to mid-18th century. It is constructed from a mixture of random and coursed squared limestone rubble, with some ashlar dressings and a concrete roof covered in plain tiles. The roof features a ridge stack made of rubble and brick, incorporating a notable 17th-century chimney with a rubble base and broach-shaped weatherings rising to two diagonal stacks with moulded string courses. The main part of the house is a four-unit plan with an additional, smaller bay alongside. The single-storey main range has a four-window facade, facing away from the road. It includes a doorway and a three-light casement window to the right, both with ashlar flat arches and projecting keyblocks. A small, blocked window is located to the left, and a further three-light casement with a wooden lintel is found in the rightmost bay, which is primarily random rubble construction. Four low dormers are visible on the roof. To the left of the main range, a lower subsidiary bay has its own entrance and a casement window. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Wood Farm Cottage 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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