Forge House and Attached Farmbuilding Range is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. House, barn. 2 related planning applications.
Forge House and Attached Farmbuilding Range
- WRENN ID
- spare-merlon-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- House, barn
- Address
- Forge House and Attached Farmbuilding Range, Freehold Street, Lower Heyford, OX25 5NS
- OS grid reference
- SP 487 248
- Coordinates
- 51.91968, -1.29276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forge House and an attached farmbuilding range, likely dating from the 17th century, was altered in the 18th century. The house is constructed of coursed marlstone rubble with wooden lintels, and has a thatched roof with brick and rendered stacks. It follows an L-shaped plan. The two-storey front has an irregular arrangement of four windows. Small canted bay windows are positioned in the first and second bays, flanking a segmental-arched window which was originally a doorway. The first floor has a two-light casement window and a 12-pane sash window with heavy glazing bars. The right-hand bay features a six-panel door and a two-light casement window. Two two-light casement windows are located on the first floor. The roof has stacks in both gables and to the right of centre. A lower service bay is attached to the left-hand gable wall. The right-hand gable wall has a small casement window and returns to a short rear wing, which is probably a later addition. A thatched stone farmbuilding range adjoins the rear of the house. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Forge House and Attached Farmbuilding Range sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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