Sunny Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.
Sunny Bank
- WRENN ID
- dark-transept-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Sunny Bank, North Side, Steeple Aston, OX25 4SE
- OS grid reference
- SP 473 260
- Coordinates
- 51.93088, -1.31274
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sunny Bank is an early 18th-century house located in Steeple Aston. It is constructed from a mix of limestone and marlstone rubble, with wooden lintels above the windows, and has a concrete plain-tile roof with rendered gable stacks. The house follows a 2-unit plan. The two-storey facade has a doorway positioned to the right of the centre and features a 3-light casement window at the first floor, with 2-light casement windows below. A 20th-century garage extension is located on the right side. The interior remains uninspected.
Local climate
Sunny Bank 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 2 transactions since 1995
- 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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