The Old Bakehouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1987. A 18th century House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Bakehouse
- WRENN ID
- proud-moulding-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1987
- Type
- House
- Period
- 18th century
- Address
- The Old Bakehouse, South Green, Kirtlington, OX5 3HJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 499 196
- Coordinates
- 51.87344, -1.27568
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bakehouse is a small house dating from the early 18th century, with a 20th-century extension. It is constructed from limestone rubble and features wooden lintels. The roofs are covered with Stonesfield slate and artificial stone slate, and there are brick gable stacks. The building has a two-unit plan with subsidiary wings and consists of two storeys and one storey. The main front has three windows, with the entrance located to the right, combined with a three-light casement window, and a two-light casement window to the left. The first-floor windows consist of two, two, and three lights. The roof is adorned with gable parapets and projecting moulded kneelers. The lower range to the right has two casement windows, while the rear wing is from the 20th century. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Bakehouse 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 69% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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