The Cross Bar is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 October 1969. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Cross Bar
- WRENN ID
- ruined-pinnacle-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 October 1969
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cross Bar, 15, North Bar Street, Banbury, OX16 0TF
- OS grid reference
- SP 453 406
- Coordinates
- 52.06266, -1.33996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cross Bar is a house that has been converted into a coffee bar. It dates from the 18th century and has undergone later alterations. The building is constructed from regularly coursed ironstone rubble and features a red fish-scale tile roof with a brick stack at one end. It is a single storey plus attic and has a two-window range. On the right side, there is a 20th-century door with a narrow overlight and a wooden lintel. To the left, there is a two-light window with a wooden lintel. The first floor has two two-light wooden casements, each with a lintel. A single gabled roof dormer with bargeboards is present. Inside, the building features chamfered cross-beams and a plaster ceiling with a floral motif.
Local climate
The Cross Bar 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 66% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2006
- 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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