Gower's Close is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.

Gower's Close

WRENN ID
first-chamber-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
Gower's Close, Burdrop Road, Sibford Gower, OX15 5RW
OS grid reference
SP 352 378
Coordinates
52.03807, -1.48691
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

House, divided into two parts. The left part dates from the early to mid-18th century, while the right part is likely from the 16th or 17th century, with later alterations. The left part is constructed of coursed ironstone rubble with a steeply pitched thatched roof and a brick end stack. It has a 2-unit plan and two storeys, with a 3-window front. An approximately central entrance has a 20th-century thatched porch, flanked by blocked fixed-light windows with 20th-century pointed arches. The first floor has a single window and two 2-light wooden mullioned and transomed windows, all with wood lintels. The right part is single storey plus attic. The ground floor has an arched garage entrance on the right, and three small 20th-century pointed windows and a 20th-century window. The attic has three eyebrow dormers and a larger dormer. Inside, the right part features a wide inglenook fireplace with a chamfered bressumer and bread oven. A chamfered spine beam is also present, along with a partly original roof displaying principal and common rafters and collars.

Local climate

Gower's Close receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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