Wooster Arms is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. House, inn. 2 related planning applications.
Wooster Arms
- WRENN ID
- graven-gallery-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1987
- Type
- House, inn
- Address
- Wooster Arms, the Walk, Islip, OX5 2SD
- OS grid reference
- SP 526 139
- Coordinates
- 51.82199, -1.23683
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wooster Arms is a house that was formerly part of an inn, dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and rubble, topped with a plain-tile roof featuring brick gable stacks. The building has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys tall with attics. The front facade, which is regularly arranged with three windows, showcases tripartite sash windows on either side of a four-panel door that has an ornamental overlight and is sheltered by a canopy. The first floor features 12-pane sash windows, except for the central window, which is a casement. All windows have flat arches. The roof includes two gabled dormers, while the rear of the building has casement windows. The interior has not been inspected. The Wooster Arms was likely originally connected to Riversdale, which extends from the right side of the range.
Local climate
Wooster Arms 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- 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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