Elm Farmhouse and Abutting Dairy/Stable Range is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1988. Farmhouse.

Elm Farmhouse and Abutting Dairy/Stable Range

WRENN ID
old-gutter-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1988
Type
Farmhouse
OS grid reference
SP 610 262
Coordinates
51.93109, -1.11338
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Elm Farmhouse and the adjoining dairy/stable range are a 17th-century building with 19th-century additions and 20th-century alterations. The structure is made of coursed limestone rubble, with the front and side elevations rendered. It features a steeply pitched old-tile roof and brick stacks at the ends and ridge, some of which are diagonally set on stone bases. The farmhouse is arranged in an L-plan and has two storeys with a three-window range. The main elevation was refronted in the 19th century, showcasing a central gabled porch flanked by canted bay windows. The first floor has three sash windows with horns.

On the left side, there is an entrance with a panelled and glazed door beneath a wood lintel, and to the left of this, a three-light wood casement window also with a wood lintel. There is a blocked doorway to the left, and the first floor features a seven-light metal casement window in a wood frame, with a stop-chamfered wood lintel, lead cames, crown glass, and a wrought-iron casement fastener. The attached dairy range on the left is a single storey plus attic, with a projecting gabled addition on the right that has a two-light wood-framed window with iron bars and a chamfered wood lintel. The entrance on the return side has a plank door and wood lintel, with a through passage leading to the rear yard. There is a blocked window to the right, a single-light casement above, and a loft door. The passage includes a stable door on the left with a wood lintel.

Inside, there is a 17th-century dog-leg staircase with painted softwood balusters and a wood winder staircase. The interior features moulded ceiling beams and stone flag floors in the dairy, along with plank and panelled doors fitted with strap hinges. This building once formed part of the Stratton Audley Park Estate.

Local climate

Elm Farmhouse and Abutting Dairy/Stable Range 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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