The Woolpack Public House and Left Part of Compare Insurance is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 October 1969. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The Woolpack Public House and Left Part of Compare Insurance
- WRENN ID
- ruined-steeple-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 October 1969
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Woolpack Public House and Left Part of Compare Insurance, 28, Horse Fair, Banbury, OX16 0AE
- OS grid reference
- SP 453 404
- Coordinates
- 52.06077, -1.33955
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Woolpack Public House and the left part of Compare Insurance is a building originally constructed in the 17th century, with later alterations. It is made of regularly coursed ironstone rubble and features a slate roof with a brick end stack. The ground floor has been altered in the 20th century, and there is a cased entrance. The building has one storey plus an attic and a four-window range. To the left, there is a three-light window, while the right part has a renewed window with glazing bars. The attic floor features four wooden mullioned and transomed windows, each with opening casements and wrought-iron casement fasteners. Inside, there is an inglenook fireplace with a chamfered bressumer and chamfered beams.
Local climate
The Woolpack Public House and Left Part of Compare Insurance 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 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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