2, London Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1952. House, hotel. 3 related planning applications.
2, London Road
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-landing-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1952
- Type
- House, hotel
- Address
- 2, London Road, Bicester, OX26 6BU
- OS grid reference
- SP 585 223
- Coordinates
- 51.89624, -1.14991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 London Road is a house that has been converted into part of a hotel. It dates from the early to mid-17th century and underwent alterations in the 20th century. The building is constructed from limestone rubble with wooden lintels and features an old plain-tile roof with a rubble-and-brick ridge stack. It has a three-unit plan with a rear service wing and stands two storeys plus attics high.
The front of the building has three gables and three windows. At the first floor, it retains wooden ovolo-moulded mullioned-and-transomed windows. However, the ground floor has seen significant changes, including a large inserted vehicular entrance, a 20th-century doorway, a 20th-century bay window, and a deep three-light casement window with a rendered wedge lintel that is likely from the 19th century. The gable windows are mostly blocked, except for a two-light casement in the left gable.
There is a massive rubble-based stack located to the right of the centre, featuring three diagonal brick shafts. The rear of the building has a central gable, and the lower rear wing, which returns on the right, is likely mostly from the 18th century but extends from a short 17th-century gabled wing. This wing includes two plank doors, casement windows, and a 19th-century brick external stair leading to an upper door. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
2, London Road 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.
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- 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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