Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. A Tudor Manor house, farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Manor House

WRENN ID
woven-forge-azure
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 December 1955
Type
Manor house, farmhouse
Period
Tudor
Address
Manor House, South Newington Road, Barford St. John and St. Michael, OX15 0RJ
OS grid reference
SP 431 327
Coordinates
51.9913, -1.37232
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Manor House, now a farmhouse, likely dates from the 16th or 17th century. It is constructed of regularly coursed ironstone rubble and features a steeply pitched stone slate roof laid in diminishing courses, with stone ridge and lateral stacks. The building has an L-plan layout, with the right part being two storeys and the left part a single storey plus attic. The right section is probably from the 17th century and is attached to an earlier house. The layout consists of a two-unit plan with a rear extension.

The ground floor and first floor have two-light stone mullioned windows. The earlier part on the left also has a two-unit plan and a single-unit extension. To the right, there is a 20th-century porch. The ground floor includes a window with a stone surround and a two-light stone mullioned window. The attic features a two-light stone mullioned window and another window with a stone surround. There is a single-storey farm building attached to the left side of the house. The stone copings add to the building's character.

Inside, the manor house has stop-chamfered beams and joists in the hall, a chamfered bressumer, and plank doors. The dining room features CIB panelling, while the bedroom over the kitchen has a stone fireplace decorated with fleur-de-lys motifs. A framed newel stair completes the interior features.

Local climate

Manor House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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