Middleton Park is a Grade I listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. A C20 House, flats. 4 related planning applications.
Middleton Park
- WRENN ID
- guardian-cloister-crag
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1951
- Type
- House, flats
- Address
- Middleton Park, Middleton Stoney, OX25 4AQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 524 232
- Coordinates
- 51.90521, -1.23839
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Middleton Park is a country house, now converted into flats, built in 1938 by Sir Edwin and Robert Lutyens for the 9th Earl of Jersey. The house is constructed from coursed squared limestone with ashlar dressings and features a plain-tile roof with rubble stacks. It has a double-depth plan and is designed in a Georgian style, standing two storeys plus attics. The house has 11 windows across the front and 7 windows on the sides, showcasing three symmetrical fronts with recessed centres of five and three bays. These fronts contain very tall shuttered sashes and hipped dormered roofs that rise above a stone cornice. The north front features a low central linking section with a pedimented main entrance and flanking doorways, while the south front includes a central doorcase of the "Delhi" order. Inside, the principal original interiors are largely intact, although the drawing room has been reduced in size and Lady Jersey's onyx bathroom has been slightly altered with the fittings removed. Middleton Park is noted as the last great country house to be built in England.
Local climate
Middleton Park 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 13 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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