Fir Tree Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1987. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Fir Tree Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- ancient-pedestal-sorrel
- 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
- Fir Tree Farmhouse, Lower Road, Blackthorn, OX25 1TG
- OS grid reference
- SP 620 197
- Coordinates
- 51.87296, -1.09977
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fir Tree Farmhouse is a 17th and early 18th century farmhouse constructed of coursed limestone rubble with wooden lintels and a plain-tile roof, featuring brick gable stacks. The building follows a T-plan. It has two storeys plus attics, and a four-window front. A doorway is located to the right of centre, and a three-light casement window is positioned to its right; the remaining two ground-floor windows and all first-floor windows are tall, two-light casements. The left gable wall includes a large chimney projection. A single-storey service range extends to the right. The interior, which was not inspected, is said to contain a good 17th century staircase with three flights, turned balusters, a moulded handrail, and diamond-shaped finials.
Local climate
Fir Tree Farmhouse 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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