8, The Croft is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. House.

8, The Croft

WRENN ID
plain-ashlar-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford East MP: Anneliese Dodds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
House
OS grid reference
SP 544 075
Coordinates
51.76391, -1.21199
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

8, The Croft is a house that was rebuilt in 1706 and features a T-shaped plan. It is two stories high and constructed of rubble, with a band at the first floor on the south front. The roof is made of Welsh slate and includes two gabled attic dormers. The house has two moulded stone-based stacks topped with modern brick shafts. There are also modern three-light casement windows in wooden frames, as well as a stone frame with a keystone.

Local climate

8, The Croft 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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