The Bull Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1987. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The Bull Inn
- WRENN ID
- upper-portal-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1987
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Bull Inn, Bicester Road, Launton, OX26 5DQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 608 224
- Coordinates
- 51.89747, -1.11638
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bull Inn is a public house that dates from the 17th century and early 18th century. It features coursed limestone rubble with wooden lintels, colourwashed rubble, brick, and timber framing with brick nogging. The roofs are made of plain tiles and thatch, with brick gable stacks. The building consists of a long range that includes at least two sections, standing two storeys plus attics on one side and one storey plus attics on the other.
The higher 18th-century rubble section has a four-window front with tall casements on the first floor, although the middle windows are blocked. The ground floor has renewed windows, including one single-light window, and the entrance is located in the right bay. The tiled roof features a small roof dormer and linked gable stacks, with three on the left and two on the right. The boxed eaves are supported by a moulded wooden cove.
To the right, there is a long thatched section that curves forward, displaying irregular altered fenestration in its rubble and brick walls. The extreme left bay is timber framed and includes some herringbone nogging. This roof is half-hipped to the right and has one small dormer. Inside, the building features chamfered beams and an open fireplace.
Local climate
The Bull Inn 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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