47, Freehold Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.
47, Freehold Street
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-string-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- 47, Freehold Street, Lower Heyford, OX25 5NT
- OS grid reference
- SP 488 248
- Coordinates
- 51.92008, -1.29066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a small house located on the north side of Freehold Street in Lower Heyford, dating from the early to mid-18th century. It is constructed of banded limestone and marlstone rubble with ashlar dressings, and has a concrete roof covered with plain tiles, along with stone-and-brick gable stacks. The house follows a two-unit plan. The symmetrical two-window front features two-light casement windows to both floors, along with the doorway situated to the right of centre. All windows have ashlar flat arches. A stone sundial, inscribed "I.C.F," is centrally located on the front. The left-hand gable wall has a parapet and additional casement windows. The interior remains uninspected.
Local climate
47, Freehold Street 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 69% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1996
- 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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