Penny Farthing is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1985. House, shop. 3 related planning applications.
Penny Farthing
- WRENN ID
- tired-pillar-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1985
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- Penny Farthing, 49, the Street, Crowmarsh, OX10 8EA
- OS grid reference
- SU 615 892
- Coordinates
- 51.59882, -1.11259
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century house, later used as a shop, with 20th-century alterations. The walls are painted brick, and the roof is covered with plain tiles. It has brick ridge stacks. The house is two storeys high with a two-window front. A 20th-century glazed door is in the centre, and a 20th-century bow window is to the left. Plank garage doors are on the right. Two two-light casement windows are on the first floor. A dentil cornice runs along the eaves. Internal timber framing is visible, along with some framing to the side of an alleyway on the right. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
Penny Farthing sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2013
- 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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