Crooksbury is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. House.

Crooksbury

WRENN ID
distant-railing-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 December 1955
Type
House
Address
Crooksbury, Main Street, Wroxton, OX15 6PT
OS grid reference
SP 413 418
Coordinates
52.07304, -1.39837
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Crooksbury is a pair of houses, built as one building, located on Wroxton Main Street and dated 1752, featuring a sundial. The left side, known as Crooksbury, is constructed of finely jointed coursed squared ironstone, while the right side is made of regular coursed ironstone rubble. The houses have a continuous thatched roof with brick ridge and end stacks. They are designed with a two-unit plan and stand two storeys high, presenting a four-window range in total.

The entrance to Crooksbury is approximately central, featuring a plank door with a gabled hood above. This entrance is flanked by two 20th-century casement windows that have been fitted into the original openings, with stone flat arches above. On the first floor, there are two similar windows.

No. 24 has a renewed plank door on the right and two renewed 20th-century casement windows on the left, both with hood lintels. The first floor also features two similar windows. The interiors of both houses include exposed beams.

Local climate

Crooksbury receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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