Merlins is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Merlins
- WRENN ID
- strange-plinth-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Merlins, Fir Lane, Steeple Aston, OX25 4SF
- OS grid reference
- SP 476 260
- Coordinates
- 51.93074, -1.30845
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Merlins is a row of three or four cottages, now converted into two houses, likely built in the early 18th century and altered in the 20th century. The structure is made of limestone rubble with wooden lintels and some marlstone dressings, topped with an artificial stone-slate roof and featuring brick stacks. The building has L-shaped ranges and is one storey plus attics. The wing facing Fir Lane has six renewed two-light casements of varying sizes and six gabled 20th-century dormers. The wing that returns to Cow Lane at an oblique angle has large squared marlstone quoins at the corner, two additional casements, and a doorway, all with chamfered lintels, along with a similar dormer. The roof includes three stacks. The interiors have not been inspected. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Merlins 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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