Whately Hall Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1952. Hotel. 10 related planning applications.
Whately Hall Hotel
- WRENN ID
- western-newel-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1952
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- Whately Hall Hotel, 16, 17, 18 and 19, Horse Fair, Banbury, OX16 0AN
- OS grid reference
- SP 453 405
- Coordinates
- 52.0611, -1.34056
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This hotel, known as Whately Hall Hotel, largely dates to the 17th century, though it has undergone later alterations and additions, including a 20th-century front. A date of 1652 is visible on the rear of the building. Restoration work at No.19 in 1949 is documented with the inscription "Architect Thos. W. Knight. Mason fixer G.H. Paintain”. The property comprises three ranges, with two storeys and an attic throughout. The front is constructed of ironstone ashlar, while the rear has plain tile roofs and the front has stone slate. There are stone ridge, lateral, and end stacks. The Tudor Revival front features bay windows, stone mullioned and transomed windows with hood moulds and label stops, and gable-fronted attic dormers. There are five entrances, including a reset original four-centred arched doorway at the main entrance. The rear elevation has four gabled bays, a crenellated two-storey bay window on the left, and a renewed gabled bay on the right. It has 3, 5, and 6-light stone-mullioned windows with hood moulds and label stops, with renewed stonework in most windows, along with renewed stone doorways. Inside, a 17th-century open well staircase features a moulded handrail and 18th-century twisted balusters, along with oak panelling.
Local climate
Whately Hall Hotel 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 — 3 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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