Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Farmhouse. 8 related planning applications.

Manor Farmhouse

WRENN ID
spare-kitchen-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Manor Farmhouse, Fritwell Road, Ardley, OX27 7NZ
OS grid reference
SP 538 279
Coordinates
51.94769, -1.21797
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Manor Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century. It is constructed from limestone rubble and features wooden lintels, with roofs covered in Welsh slate and concrete plain tiles, along with rubble-and-brick gable stacks. The building has a three-unit plan with service wings and stands two storeys tall plus an attic.

The front of the farmhouse includes a central six-panel door, a three-light casement window to the right, and a two-light casement window to the left. There are also two-light windows on the first floor in the second and third bays, with most lintels being stop-chamfered. The left gable wall features a large chimney projection, which is partly concealed by a short outhouse range. A short two-storey kitchen range extends from the right side of the building.

At the rear of the main range, there are larger casement windows, including an elaborately-moulded four-light window on the first floor that retains its central ovolo-moulded mullion. Inside, the farmhouse has heavy stop-chamfered beams, some of which intersect, an open fireplace with a curved back, spiral stairs leading to both upper floors, and a moulded-plank door. Fewcott was formerly part of the Parish of Stoke Lyne.

Local climate

Manor 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 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 8 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 8 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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