Old Turnstiles is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. House. 9 related planning applications.
Old Turnstiles
- WRENN ID
- fallen-moat-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Turnstiles, the Rock, Barford St. John and St. Michael
- OS grid reference
- SP 436 325
- Coordinates
- 51.99009, -1.36578
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Turnstiles is a house dating from 1653, with later remodeling and extension in the 18th century. It is constructed of regularly coursed ironstone rubble and features a steeply pitched artificial stone slate roof laid to diminishing courses, with stone stacks located to the right and along the ridge. The building has a three-unit plan and stands two storeys plus an attic, with a three-window range.
To the right, there are two gabled bays. The bay on the left includes a doorway with a four-centred head, chamfered jambs, and a plank door. The bay window on the right has a renewed four-light stone mullion window with a small opening casement. Both bays have similar two-light stone mullioned windows in the attic storeys, which are adorned with hood moulds and label stops. Wrought iron casement fasteners are present on the windows. Between the bays, there is a blocked square-framed stone window. To the left, there is a four-light stone mullioned window with a hood mould and label stops on the ground floor, along with a similar three-light window on the first floor.
At the rear, there is an 18th-century single-storey extension featuring casement windows with lead cames. Most windows are made of limestone, with some having renewed stone. The bays are accented with moulded bands at the ground floor and attic levels. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Old Turnstiles 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 2007
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- 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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