Monk's Head 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.
Monk's Head
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-beam-coral
- 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
- Monk's Head, Weston Road, Bletchingdon, OX5 3DH
- OS grid reference
- SP 503 177
- Coordinates
- 51.85576, -1.27007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Monk's Head is a house dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a gabled concrete tile roof. The building has a 19th-century brick ridge stack and a left end stack made of stone, which is finished in both 18th and 19th-century brick, while the right end stack is made of 20th-century brick. The house has a two-unit plan and is two storeys high, with a three-window range. Timber lintels are present over a 20th-century door and windows. At the rear, there is an 18th-century plank door and 18th-century two- and three-light wood-mullioned windows. A 20th-century garage is located to the left of the house. Inside, there are chamfered beams, a stop-chamfered bressumer over an open fireplace to the right, which is partially blocked by a 19th-century bread oven and features an early 18th-century spice cupboard door. The first floor includes an 18th-century plank door and a collar-truss roof with butt purlins.
Local climate
Monk's Head 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 2025
- 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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