Brown's Piece is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1987. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Brown's Piece
- WRENN ID
- ruined-rotunda-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Brown's Piece, Lower End, Piddington, OX25 1QD
- OS grid reference
- SP 640 174
- Coordinates
- 51.85197, -1.0716
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brown's Piece is a farmhouse, now a house, dating to 1777, with a 20th-century extension. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone with wooden lintels and has an old plain-tile roof with brick gable stacks. The building is arranged in an L-shape. The two-storey main front has a doorway positioned to the left of centre, a blocked doorway to its right, and a single-light window above. The outer bays feature renewed three-light casement windows. A datestone on the right gable is inscribed “I(L?)/1777”. A rear wing, returning to the left, contains additional casement windows and has been extended in a matching style. The interior includes a large brick open fireplace with inglenooks and chamfered beams.
Local climate
Brown's Piece 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- 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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