Great House Close is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1966. A C17 Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Great House Close
- WRENN ID
- secret-rood-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1966
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Great House Close, the Hill, Souldern, OX27 7JF
- OS grid reference
- SP 522 314
- Coordinates
- 51.97937, -1.24048
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Great House Close is a farmhouse, now a house, dating from the late 17th century, with a roof that was raised in the 18th century and underwent 20th-century alterations. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and features a raised stone slate roof. The building has stone-end stacks with renewed stone shafts and a stone-coped gable that includes moulded kneelers and finials. The structure is L-shaped, with two storeys plus a cellar and a three-window range.
The entrance is located off-centre to the right and is accessed by three stone steps. It features a four-panelled door set within a four-centred arched stone doorway, which has moulded chamfered jambs and a hood mould with label stops. Flanking the entrance are four-light stone mullioned windows of ovolo section, also with hood moulds and label stops. On the first floor, there are two similar windows and one renewed two-light window. The cellar has a two-light stone mullioned window that includes a hood mould, label stops, and ovolo section mullions.
Inside, there is an 18th-century moulded stone fireplace with a square head, measuring 8 feet 3 inches wide by 5 feet 3 inches high. The 18th-century staircase features stick balusters, and it is said that there is late 18th-century panelling on the ground floor.
Local climate
Great House Close 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 71% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- 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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