College Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

College Farmhouse

WRENN ID
last-newel-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1951
Type
Farmhouse
Address
College Farmhouse, Market Sqaure, Lower Heyford, OX25 5NS
OS grid reference
SP 486 247
Coordinates
51.91923, -1.29421
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

College Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house, dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with extensions from the 19th century and alterations in the 20th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone and marlstone rubble, featuring wooden lintels and some ashlar dressings, topped with a concrete plain-tile roof and brick stacks. The building has a three-unit through-passage plan with a rear service wing and stands two storeys high.

The front facade has a regular arrangement of four windows, which includes three-light casements, except for the third bay where there is a two-light window above the entrance. The upper windows maintain their wooden lintels and 18th to early 19th century iron casements, while the lower windows have been replaced with newer casements that have concrete lintels. The roof features gable stacks and a ridge stack located to the right of the center. The right gable wall is notable for its large ashlar quoins and leads to a short rear wing that continues as a lower service range. The rear of the building includes a 19th century stair wing situated at the angle of the ranges, and the lower range retains a small two-light wood-mullioned window.

Inside, there is a large inglenook fireplace that backs onto the through passage, along with some chamfered beams.

Local climate

College Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% 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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