Rock of Gibraltar Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Public house. 3 related planning applications.
Rock of Gibraltar Public House
- WRENN ID
- errant-bastion-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Rock of Gibraltar Public House, Bletchingdon
- OS grid reference
- SP 481 182
- Coordinates
- 51.86073, -1.30278
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rock of Gibraltar Public House is a late 18th-century inn, now a public house, located in Bletchingdon. It is constructed of squared and coursed limestone with ashlar dressings, featuring a gabled stone slate roof, with an older tile roof to the rear wing. Brick stacks are visible at the end and ridge, along with a brick-finished end stack to the rear wing. The building is in an L-shape, with a rear left wing. It has two storeys and an attic, originally with a 4-window front. A gabled 20th-century porch is situated to the left of the centre. A two-storey canted bay window occupies the centre, featuring glazing-bar casements. Stone lintels top the 6-pane sashes, and an 8-pane sash is located on the left; three hipped-roof dormers are positioned above. The two-storey rear wing has a 20th-century single-storey extension to its left. A stair-turret in the centre of the rear adjoins a late 18th-century outshut to the right. The interior includes light chamfered beams, while the first floor was not inspected.
Local climate
Rock of Gibraltar Public House 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 — 2 transactions since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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