The Friars is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. House.
The Friars
- WRENN ID
- roaming-loggia-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Friars, Manor Road, Bourton
- OS grid reference
- SP 455 456
- Coordinates
- 52.10729, -1.33618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Friars is a house dating from 1685, built from ironstone ashlar with a renewed 20th-century tile roof. It features a stone and brick end stack and has a two-unit plan across two storeys. The façade has a three-window range, with a central entrance that includes a moulded square head, a plank and rail door, and a hood mould with a diamond-shaped label stop. Above the entrance is a small oval window in a stone frame, along with the datestone. The entrance is flanked by two 4-light stone mullioned windows, each with hood moulds and label stops, and there are three similar 3-light windows on the first floor. Inside, there is an interesting oak post and panel partition at the top of the stairs and a fine large stone fireplace in the bedroom above the hall. The initials and datestone may refer to William and Martha Plant. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Friars 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 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
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