College Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. A Early Modern Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

College Farmhouse

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 December 1955
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Early Modern
Address
College Farmhouse, the Town, South Newington, OX15 4JG
OS grid reference
SP 407 333
Coordinates
51.99673, -1.40753
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

College Farmhouse, originally known as Cottage Farm, is a 17th-century farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It features a datestone from 1659 and was extended in the 18th century. The building is constructed of regular coursed ironstone rubble and has a steeply pitched stone slate roof with diminishing courses, along with stone stacks at both ends and along the ridge. The stone copings include a moulded stone coping at the plinth.

The elevation facing the road has a two-unit plan and is two storeys plus an attic, with a two-window range. The front is slightly off-centre, featuring a 20th-century door to the right with chamfered stone jambs and a head. To the left of the door is a four-light stone mullion window with a hood mould and label stops, and to the right is a similar three-light window. On the first floor, there are two three-light stone mullioned windows. The attic contains a two-light stone mullioned window with a hood mould and label stops.

To the right, there is a single-storey extension with a two-light stone mullion window. The left end has a two-light flat-faced stone mullion window to the cellar, while the ground floor features three- and four-light stone mullioned windows with hood moulds and label stops, and two similar three-light windows on the first floor. The roof has two gabled dormers. The windows have 20th-century lead cames and original wrought iron window catches, although some stone has been renewed.

Inside, the farmhouse retains stop-chamfered beams and chamfered joists, along with an inglenook fireplace that has a chamfered bressumer. There is a wooden spiral staircase and stone flag floors, with elm panelling and shutters on the windows. The original layout of the kitchen, hall, and parlour is preserved, making it a rare example of a three-unit farmhouse evolving into an L-shaped plan.

Local climate

College Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% 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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