Willaston Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1988. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Willaston Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- solitary-niche-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Willaston Farmhouse, Hethe, OX27 8EE
- OS grid reference
- SP 602 297
- Coordinates
- 51.96318, -1.12388
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Willaston Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in the late 18th century, with additions from the 19th and early 20th centuries, and repairs made in the late 20th century. The main front, dating from the 19th century, features squared coursed limestone and has a hipped slate roof with brick ridge stacks. The building has an irregular L-plan and is two storeys high with a five-window range. The central bay is pedimented, and there is a central entrance with a panelled and glazed door, accompanied by a 19th-century porch. The ground floor has two sash windows and the first floor has three sash windows, all with glazing bars.
At the rear, there is a lower late 18th-century range, also constructed of squared coursed limestone, with a slate roof and brick stacks. This section is two storeys high and has a six-window range. There are two entrances, each with panelled doors; one features a hood while the other has an arched brick head. The ground floor includes five casement windows and one sash window with glazing bars, while the first floor has six casement windows. Most openings have wood lintels, lead cames, and wrought-iron casement fasteners.
A 19th-century double-depth extension at the rear of the late 18th-century section has hipped M-shaped roofs. An early 20th-century extension to the 19th-century main part is designed in a 19th-century style. Inside the late 18th-century section, there are stone flag floors, chamfered beams, an 18th-century staircase, window seats, shutters, and four-panelled doors with H/L hinges.
Local climate
Willaston Farmhouse 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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