The Old Farmhouse, Middle Cowleys Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1987. Farmhouse.
The Old Farmhouse, Middle Cowleys Farm
- WRENN ID
- blind-loft-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Old Farmhouse, Middle Cowleys Farm, Piddington
- OS grid reference
- SP 640 193
- Coordinates
- 51.86881, -1.0716
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Farmhouse at Middle Cowleys Farm is an 18th-century farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone with wooden lintels and features an old plain-tile roof with brick gable stacks. The building has an L-shaped plan with an additional bay. It stands two storeys high, with one storey plus attics. The main front has three windows, including a central plank door beneath a blind window, and three-light casements in the outer bays on both floors. The lower added bay to the right includes a second doorway and a two-light casement. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Farmhouse, Middle Cowleys Farm 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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