The Limes is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. House. 8 related planning applications.
The Limes
- WRENN ID
- vast-sandstone-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Limes, the Green, Shenington with Alkerton, OX15 6NH
- OS grid reference
- SP 371 428
- Coordinates
- 52.0827, -1.45864
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations from the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of squared, coursed ironstone that is nearly ashlar in appearance. The roof is steeply pitched, covered with stone slates laid in diminishing courses, and hipped at one end. The building features three ridge and end stacks with blue brick shafts set on stone bases, two of which have been renewed.
The house has a three-unit plan and stands two storeys plus an attic high, with a three-window range. The entrance is located to the right and consists of a plank door set within a moulded wood doorcase that has a flat hood and an overlight. This entrance is flanked by canted bay windows that contain horned sash windows. To the left of the entrance, there are two additional sash windows with horns.
On the first floor, there are three horned sash windows, each topped with stone flat arches. The house also features two 18th-century gabled roof dormers, which have two-light casements with wrought-iron casement fasteners and wooden frames. Inside, the property has stone flag floors and plank doors.
Local climate
The Limes receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 8 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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