Bishops Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Farmhouse. 6 related planning applications.
Bishops Farm
- WRENN ID
- late-banister-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford East MP: Anneliese Dodds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Bishops Farm, 41, Oxford Road, Old Marston, OX3 0PQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 527 085
- Coordinates
- 51.77283, -1.23621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishops Farm is an early 18th-century farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It is constructed from coursed squared limestone rubble and features a plain-tile roof with brick gable stacks. The building has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys high, plus attics. The symmetrical front has three windows, with tall two-light 20th-century casements in the outer bays, flanking a former entrance that now has a two-light casement and a narrow light above it. The ground-floor openings have renewed timber lintels, while the first-floor windows are topped with stone flat arches. There are two gabled roof dormers, a rendered gable outshut to the right, and a low rear wing. Inside, the farmhouse features chamfered beams with ogee stops and an open fireplace. It was originally designed with a central-stair plan.
Local climate
Bishops Farm 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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