West Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. House. 8 related planning applications.
West Bank
- WRENN ID
- outer-attic-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- West Bank, Horn Hill Road, Adderbury, OX17 3EU
- OS grid reference
- SP 466 351
- Coordinates
- 52.01257, -1.32217
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Bank is a small house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century. It is constructed of marlstone rubble and features wooden lintels, topped with a thatched roof and brick stacks. The house has a two-unit plan with a service wing and stands two storeys high plus an attic.
The front of the house has two windows, with three 18th-century casements on the first floor. The ground floor is partly obscured by a 20th-century glazed porch but still shows a canted 18th-century bay window. A single-storey service wing projects from the left side of the front and includes an 18th-century casement. The roof has gable stacks and a small central ridge stack, which displays a "County" fire insurance plaque. The roof also features two 2-light 17th-century casements and a gable parapet.
At the rear, there are additional casements, including a 3-light 17th-century window and a blocked stair window. Inside, the house boasts a large inglenook fireplace, chamfered spine beams and joists on both floors, a stop-chamfered 17th-century doorframe, an old plank attic door with a wooden latch, and a winder stair leading to the attic.
Local climate
West Bank 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 1 transaction since 2007
- 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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