Coldharbour Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. Farmhouse.

Coldharbour Farmhouse

WRENN ID
turning-hinge-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 May 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Coldharbour Farmhouse, North Aston
OS grid reference
SP 478 299
Coordinates
51.96638, -1.30473
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Coldharbour Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed from limestone and marlstone rubble, featuring wooden lintels and some marlstone-ashlar dressings. The roof is covered with concrete plain tiles and Stonesfield slate, and has stone-and-brick gable stacks. The building has a two-unit plan with a service bay and two rear wings, standing two storeys plus an attic.

The front of the farmhouse is irregular with three windows, featuring renewed casements with three lights, two lights, and three lights on the first floor, while the ground floor has a three-light window to the left. The right window on the ground floor has been lowered to serve as a French window, and the central doorway has been converted into a large casement. The steep-pitched roof has gable parapets and projecting kneelers. To the right, there is a single-storey service bay with a stone-slate roof. The left end wall of the main range includes a gable window and a stone-mullioned cellar window, and it connects to one of the two adjoining two-storey rear wings, which are likely slightly later.

Inside, the farmhouse features stop-chamfered spine beams and a large open fireplace with a stop-chamfered cambered bressumer. The 20th-century link and converted farm buildings are not of special architectural interest.

Local climate

Coldharbour 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 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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