College House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. Rectory, house. 3 related planning applications.
College House
- WRENN ID
- carved-finial-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Rectory, house
- Address
- College House, Wheatley Road, Stanton St. John, OX33 1HE
- OS grid reference
- SP 576 093
- Coordinates
- 51.77967, -1.16617
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
College House, originally a rectory, was built in 1835 by John Plowman, Jnr., a surveyor and builder from Oxford. The building features limestone ashlar and coursed squared rubble, topped with a Welsh-slate roof and stone gable stacks. It has a double-depth plan and stands two storeys tall with a four-window front. The façade is adorned with a heavy dentil cornice and a plain parapet. To the extreme right, there is a two-storey canted bay, and to the right of centre, a double-leaf glazed doorway with a segmental-arched head. The window reveals contain 12-pane sashes with timber linings and decorative blind boxes. The main entrance is located on the left return. The sides and rear of the house are simpler, featuring similar sashes and two tripartite sashes under segmental arches. Inside, there is a staircase with a wreathed mahogany handrail and contemporary fireplaces. The principal entrance was originally on the main (garden) front. John Plowman provided a complete package for the construction, which cost £1,553, 15 shillings, and 11 pence.
Local climate
College House 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 — 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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