Troy Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Troy Farmhouse

WRENN ID
shadowed-solder-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Troy Farmhouse, Ardley Road, Somerton, OX25 6NG
OS grid reference
SP 519 279
Coordinates
51.94749, -1.24575
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Troy Farmhouse is a large farmhouse dating from the early 18th century, with alterations and extensions made in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone with wooden lintels, brick, and features Welsh-slate roofs with brick stacks. The building is designed in an L-plan and consists of two storeys plus an attic. The right bay of the five-window front is narrower and made of rubble, suggesting it may be of earlier origin. Each bay has three-light casements on both floors, except for bay three, which has a two-light window above a glazed door, and there is a small window to the right of bay four. The roof includes five gabled dormers with 19th-century bargeboards and has four stacks with paired shafts. A lower wing extends to the right with additional casements. All openings in both ranges feature chamfered lintels. The rear of the main range is partly obscured by a 19th-century brick wing. The interior has not been inspected. The site has been recorded since the 16th century and is likely located on the site of a 15th-century manor house. The grounds also contain an ancient turf maze.

Local climate

Troy 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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