Laurels Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1987. A 1714 Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Laurels Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- under-chimney-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Laurels Farmhouse, Station Road, Launton, OX26 5DX
- OS grid reference
- SP 611 228
- Coordinates
- 51.90094, -1.11204
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Laurels Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in 1714, as indicated by the datestone. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features wooden lintels, topped with an old plain-tile roof that has brick gable stacks. The building is designed in an L-shape and has two storeys plus an attic. The longer wing projects to the front and includes tall aligned windows across three floors in its front gable wall, along with the datestone. The shorter wing projects to the left and has similar windows. All windows have 20th-century casements. The roof includes stacks on the left gable and on a gable to the right of the front wing. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Laurels Farmhouse 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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