Northfield Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Northfield Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- over-cinder-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Northfield Farmhouse, Gosford and Water Eaton, OX5 2PU
- OS grid reference
- SP 516 132
- Coordinates
- 51.81533, -1.25234
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Northfield Farmhouse is a mid-18th century farmhouse constructed from coursed limestone rubble with some squared dressings. It features a concrete plain-tile roof and brick gable stacks. The building has a double-depth plan with a rear wing and stands two storeys plus an attic high. The three-window front includes a doorway to the right of centre, which has a rectangular ornamental overlight beneath a flat canopy supported by shaped brackets, and a 12-pane sash window above. The outer bays have renewed tripartite sashes, and all openings are topped with stone flat arches.
To the right, there is a small early 19th-century addition that features a canted bay window on its end wall. The double-span main roof has gable parapets with projecting kneelers, and one of the stacks retains a brick dentil cap. The sides and rear of the farmhouse have casements with heavy wooden lintels, some of which are chamfered. The lower rear wing, which returns on the left, includes a gabled half dormer and a loft door with external brick steps.
Inside, the farmhouse has fielded panelled doors and H-L hinges, as well as an open-string staircase with a ramped handrail and turned newels. This property was formerly part of the Water Eaton Estate.
Local climate
Northfield Farmhouse 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 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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