1, Franklin Close is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. House. 3 related planning applications.
1, Franklin Close
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-iron-birch
- 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
- 1, Franklin Close, Kidlington, OX5 2PT
- OS grid reference
- SP 495 144
- Coordinates
- 51.82652, -1.28177
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
1 Franklin Close is a pair of houses that have been combined into a single dwelling. The left-hand house dates from the early 17th century, while the right-hand house is from the late 18th century.
The buildings are constructed from coursed limestone rubble. The left-hand house features a thatched roof, while the right-hand house has a stone slate roof. Both houses are two storeys tall. The left-hand house has a three-unit plan and includes 19th-century three-light casements. Its left bay has 19th-century plank doors leading to the main entrance and loft, with a brick ridge stack and a stone end stack. The right-hand house has a two-unit plan and features a brick end stack, a 19th-century plank door, and three-light casements set beneath timber lintels.
The interior has not been surveyed. No. 1 Franklin Close is designated Grade II due to its early fabric, representing a pair of vernacular stone cottages from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Local climate
1, Franklin Close 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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