105, Freehold Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. A C18 House.

105, Freehold Street

WRENN ID
seventh-slate-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1988
Type
House
Address
105, Freehold Street, Lower Heyford
OS grid reference
SP 491 247
Coordinates
51.91942, -1.28706
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 105 is a small house located on Freehold Street, dating from the 18th century and the 20th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with wooden lintels and features a thatch roof with brick gable stacks. The house has a two-unit plan and has been extended to the rear. It stands two storeys tall with a symmetrical front that includes two-light casements and a central plank door. A "Farmers Fire and Life" insurance plaque is fixed under the eaves. The interior has not been inspected. This house is part of a group of similar thatched cottages at the upper end of Freehold Street, which includes Nos. 80, 86, and 93.

Local climate

105, Freehold Street 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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