Greystones is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. House. 4 related planning applications.

Greystones

WRENN ID
roaming-groin-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 1987
Type
House
Address
Greystones, Church Lane, Islip, OX5 2SF
OS grid reference
SP 527 140
Coordinates
51.82299, -1.23628
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Greystones is a house dating from the late 17th or early 18th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble with wooden lintels, and has a Stonesfield-slate roof with rubble and brick stacks. The house has a three-unit, gable-fronted plan, with two storeys and an attic.

The front elevation has aligned casement windows of three, two, and two lights, with smaller flanking windows on both the ground and first floors that were likely inserted later. A doorway is located on the left side. Set into the gable is a large sundial dated 1776. The left side wall features additional casement windows and some chamfered lintels. The roof includes a 20th-century dormer and a large brick ridge stack on a rubble base, with a second stack at the rear. The interior has not been inspected.

Greystones is designated at Grade II for its early fabric, representing a surviving vernacular house from the late 17th or early 18th century.

Local climate

Greystones 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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  • Sale history — 12 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • 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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