The Round House is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1988. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
The Round House
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Round House, the Green, Hethe, OX27 8ES
- OS grid reference
- SP 593 294
- Coordinates
- 51.96034, -1.13704
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Round House is a mid-18th century building that originally consisted of two cottages, which have now been combined into one dwelling. It features coursed limestone rubble construction and has steeply pitched hipped or gabled thatched roofs with brick end stacks. The layout is now an L-plan, comprising two units and one unit. The building stands two storeys high and has a two-window range on the elevation facing High Street. The ground floor includes two- or three-light wood casements with wood lintels, although some of the windows have been renewed. The first floor has similar windows. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Round House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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