West End Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

West End Farmhouse

WRENN ID
winter-steel-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1951
Type
Farmhouse
Address
West End Farmhouse, Merton, OX25 2NG
OS grid reference
SP 575 178
Coordinates
51.85605, -1.16598
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

West End Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from around 1700, with extensions added in the late 18th century to early 19th century. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and coursed rubble, featuring some wooden lintels, and has an old plain-tile roof with rebuilt brick stacks. The building has a three-unit plan with an end outshut, extending to an L shape, and stands two storeys plus an attic.

The symmetrical front has five windows made of ashlar, with rusticated quoins, a plinth, and a storey band. The central three bays project forward under a tall parapetted gable that contains an oculus. The projecting kneelers return as a stone cornice over the wide flanking bays. The central doorway features a panelled door with a wide plain architrave and a double-stepped keyblock, topped by a flat canopy on shaped brackets. The window above the door is blind. All windows are of two lights, with ovolo-moulded surrounds and central mullions on the first floor. The end gables also have similar attic windows. To the right, there is a rubble outshut that is roughly contemporary with the main structure. The rear of the farmhouse has a large stone lateral stack with many offsets and features stop-chamfered lintels. A rear wing, which returns on the right, has been shortened.

Inside, there is a winder stair on the first floor, some plank doors with a wooden latch, and a butt-purlin roof supported by heavy rafters. Many of the roof timbers and some window mouldings show signs of being made from re-used materials.

Local climate

West End 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 — 6 transactions since 1995
  • 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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