Idle Hollow is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. House. 6 related planning applications.
Idle Hollow
- WRENN ID
- fading-cellar-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Idle Hollow, Noke, OX3 9TU
- OS grid reference
- SP 546 130
- Coordinates
- 51.81375, -1.20831
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Idle Hollow is a small house dating from the early 18th century, with extensions added in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of limestone rubble with wooden lintels, and has a thatched roof with plain tile sections, as well as an ashlar and brick gable stack. Originally a two-unit plan, the house was later enlarged. It has a single storey plus attic. The symmetrical two-window front of the thatched 18th-century section features a central four-panel door between three-light casement windows. Renewed two-light dormers are above. A tiled bay to the left is likely from the 19th century but has altered openings. Single-storey extensions were added in the 20th century, one to each end. The right-hand gable stack has an ashlar plinth and the base of the shaft in ashlar. The rear of the thatched roof has two swept dormers. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Idle Hollow 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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