The Barn House is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Barn House
- WRENN ID
- veiled-jamb-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Barn House, High Street, Souldern, OX27 7JP
- OS grid reference
- SP 520 315
- Coordinates
- 51.97987, -1.24366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Barn House is a house dating from the mid-17th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and squared coursed limestone, topped with a steeply pitched stone slate roof laid in diminishing courses. The building has an L-plan layout and consists of two storeys plus an attic, featuring a three-window range.
The entrance is recessed and located off-centre to the left, with a 20th-century plank door and a renewed square head. Above the entrance is a restored continuous hood mould, flanked by two four-light stone mullioned windows that have king mullions and ovolo mullions. There is a similar 20th-century renewed window to the left. On the first floor, there is a renewed four-light stone mullioned window along with two three-light ovolo mullioned windows, which still show remnants of hood moulds and label stops. The windows have opening casements and wrought-iron casement fasteners.
The roof features four dormers with leaded casements, also equipped with wrought-iron casement fasteners and lead cames, and the dormers have hipped slate roofs. The building has limestone quoins and partly blocked three-light stone mullioned cellar windows. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Barn 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 3 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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