The Grapes Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1986. Inn. 4 related planning applications.
The Grapes Inn
- WRENN ID
- idle-shingle-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1986
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Grapes Inn, The Turnpike, 2, Woodstock Road, Yarnton, OX5 1PJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 483 122
- Coordinates
- 51.80672, -1.30036
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grapes Inn is a house that has been converted into an inn. It dates from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century and later. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, with roughcast on the first floor and to the left side. It features a gabled roof covered with artificial stone slates and has brick stacks at both ends and along the ridge.
The layout consists of three units, with a two-storey bay on the left that includes a 20th-century door and a 19th-century five-light casement window, along with a 20th-century window above a jettied section. The central part of the building is jettied and has two storeys plus an attic, with a four-window range. There is a 20th-century door to the right and horned six-pane sash windows. The building also has two gabled roof dormers.
To the right, there is a late 18th-century cottage that is one storey with an attic. Its front has a three-window range featuring timber lintels over horned six-pane sashes and two gabled dormers.
Inside, the inn has chamfered beams and a central open fireplace.
Local climate
The Grapes Inn 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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