Astley Bridge Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. Farmhouse.

Astley Bridge Farmhouse

WRENN ID
lone-paling-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1951
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Astley Bridge Farmhouse, Merton
OS grid reference
SP 591 180
Coordinates
51.85762, -1.14237
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Astley Bridge Farmhouse is a mid-18th century farmhouse built from limestone rubble with squared dressings and some brick ornamentation. It has a concrete plain-tile roof with a brick ridge stack and features a central-stair plan with a rear outshut. The building is designed in a mid-Georgian style and stands two storeys plus an attic.

The symmetrical front has three windows, with the central section projecting forward beneath a pediment-shaped gable that includes a brick-arched lunette. The central bay features a Venetian window above a similar arrangement that incorporates the front door, both of which have brick relieving arches. The outer bays contain 16-pane sash windows above 20-pane sash windows. A brick cornice with moulded dentils encircles the central bay and extends to the sides. The hipped roof extends over the rear outshut.

To the right, there is a lower granary range that has been incorporated into the house but still retains an external brick stair at the rear. The rear wing on the left was formerly a dairy. Most interior features were renewed in the 20th century.

Local climate

Astley Bridge 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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