Nutshell and Glasfryn is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
Nutshell and Glasfryn
- WRENN ID
- tilted-gutter-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Nutshell and Glasfryn, the Green, Shenington with Alkerton, OX15 6NE
- OS grid reference
- SP 371 428
- Coordinates
- 52.08239, -1.45943
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two houses, originally one building, with origins in the 17th century, refaced in the 18th century and subject to later alterations. The houses are constructed of squared, coursed ironstone. The Nutshell, on the left, has a 20th-century tile roof, while Glasfryn has a corrugated asbestos roof. Brick ridge stacks rise from the roof. The building follows a three-unit plan. There is a three-window front elevation. Two entrances, one on the left and one on the right, have 20th-century doors. The ground floor windows are 3-light casements and a two-light casement, all from the 20th century, with stone flat arches and keyblock heads. A continuous flat band with keyblocks runs above the ground-floor windows. The first floor has three 3-light metal casements in wood frames, with either wooden lintels or stone flat arches above. The Nutshell has a large 20th-century roof dormer, and the coped gables have been repaired or renewed with concrete. The interiors were not inspected.
Local climate
Nutshell and Glasfryn receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- 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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