85, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. House. 5 related planning applications.
85, High Street
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-kitchen-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- 85, High Street, Kidlington, OX5 2DR
- OS grid reference
- SP 492 142
- Coordinates
- 51.82438, -1.28618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, originally dating from the late 17th century to the rear, with a front block built in the early 19th century. The front is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with an ashlar facade. It has gabled Welsh slate roofing to the front and gabled stone slate roofing to the rear, with ashlar end stacks. The house follows a double-depth plan.
The front features two storeys and a symmetrical arrangement of three windows. A portico with a moulded cornice and columns leads to a front door, which is surrounded by decorative moulded features and a decorative fanlight, and contains six panels, four of which are glazed. A late 19th-century canted bay window with plate-glass sashes is located on the right-hand side. The windows on the front have six panes and are set within keyed stone lintels. A raised storey band and a band beneath the parapet further define the front facade.
The rear of the property includes a late 17th-century two-storey range. A stair turret with a hipped roof adjoins a 19th-century rear wing constructed of brick and limestone rubble. To the left is a two-storey range built around 1900, with mullioned stone windows. The interior has not been inspected but is likely to be of interest.
Local climate
85, High Street 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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.
- Sale history — 34 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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