The Court is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. House.

The Court

WRENN ID
ruined-tallow-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1951
Type
House
Address
The Court, Back Lane, Souldern
OS grid reference
SP 522 315
Coordinates
51.97965, -1.24087
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Court is a house that features a reset datestone reading D/JM/1666, with 19th and 20th century alterations and additions. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and has a steeply pitched stone slate roof laid to diminishing courses. The gables are renewed with stone copings and moulded kneelers, and there are stone stacks at the ends. The house has a central staircase plan with a rear wing, forming an L-shape. It is two storeys tall with a basement and has a three-window range.

Access to the entrance is via a flight of stone steps that has a balustrade at the top. The entrance features a Tuscan porch with a flat hood, and a six-panelled door with moulded stone architraves. The entrance is flanked by 20th century windows set in stone surrounds with stone lintels. The three first-floor windows are similar and have a continuous hood mould, which also extends over the ground floor. The basement includes a 20th century casement window with small panes. There is a dentilled stone eaves cornice. At the rear, there is a single-storey plus attic kitchen wing from the 19th or 20th century. The interior contains 19th century fireplaces, but it has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Court 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 71% 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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