Upper Woods Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Upper Woods Farmhouse

WRENN ID
salt-wicket-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 March 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Upper Woods Farmhouse, B 4027, Noke, OX3 9TF
OS grid reference
SP 552 114
Coordinates
51.79903, -1.20072
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Upper Woods Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early to mid 17th century, with an extension from the 18th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble and features wooden lintels, with a roof made of Stonesfield slate and old plain tiles, topped with a brick ridge stack. The building has a two-unit lobby-entry plan that has been extended to three units and stands two storeys high plus an attic.

The main façade has two windows and a central doorway framed with a heavy chamfered frame and a stop-chamfered lintel. To the left of the doorway is a 2-light casement window from the 18th or 19th century, while to the right is an original 4-light casement window with an ovolo-moulded frame. On the first floor, there are two 4-light casements flanking a small central window. The roof features a large central stack with four diagonal shafts that have corbelled caps. An added bay to the left has a lower roof, and the gable walls have blocked windows.

At the rear, the earlier range has been altered at ground floor level but retains two 3-light casements with heavy frames on the first floor, along with a small central dormer that has a leaded casement. Inside, there is a massive central stack with back-to-back fireplaces, one of which is open while the other is blocked. The interior also features stop-chamfered beams and old plank doors.

Local climate

Upper Woods 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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