Hethe House is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.

Hethe House

WRENN ID
over-cloister-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1986
Type
House
Address
Hethe House, Main Street, OX27 8ES
OS grid reference
SP 593 294
Coordinates
51.96008, -1.13832
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hethe House is a house from the late 18th century with 19th-century additions, constructed from coursed limestone rubble and topped with a hipped slate roof. It features brick end stacks and has a double-depth plan across three storeys, with a five-window range. The central entrance includes a six-panelled door set within a moulded wood frame that has console brackets and an overlight with geometrically patterned glazing bars. Flanking the entrance are 12-pane and 16-pane sash windows, all with stucco surrounds linking the storeys. Each of the first and second floors has five sash windows with glazing bars, and all sashes are unhorned.

The garden front at the rear has a two-storey, three-window range, with a central double-leaved panelled-glazed door and an overlight within a doorcase featuring shallow brackets and a cornice. The overlight displays an elaborate fan pattern of glazing. On either side of the door are tripartite sashes, with the ground floor featuring 8-pane sashes and the first floor having 20-pane sashes, along with a central 12-pane sash. All windows have stucco surrounds linked between the storeys, and there is a brick lateral stack to the centre left. Hethe House is said to have been the Dower House of Shelswell Park in the 18th century.

Local climate

Hethe House 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
  • 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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