The Bay and the Old Almhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 11 related planning applications.
The Bay and the Old Almhouse
- WRENN ID
- long-chancel-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Bay and the Old Almhouse, Kinwell, Shenington with Alkerton, OX15 6NQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 371 429
- Coordinates
- 52.08325, -1.45968
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bay and The Old Almhouse are a pair of cottages dating from the 17th century, situated in Shenington with Alkerston Kinwell. They are constructed of squared coursed ironstone and feature a steeply pitched thatched roof with brick end and ridge stacks. The left-hand cottage is a single-unit dwelling, while The Bay is a two-unit plan, combining to form a three-unit arrangement overall.
The cottage on the left has an entrance on its right side, featuring a plank door with a moulded wooden surround. A two-light wooden casement window to the left is topped with a wooden lintel. The Bay has an approximately central entrance with a plank door and wooden lintel, and a canted bay window on the right with wooden casement windows. A circular projection containing a slated bread oven is positioned on the left side. The attic space contains two three-light wooden casement windows set within moulded wooden frames.
Inside, the roof displays stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, alongside principals and common rafters. The interior also includes an inglenook fireplace with a bread oven and an 18th or 19th-century surround, and a straight-flight staircase.
Local climate
The Bay and the Old Almhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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