The Lilacs is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. House. 1 related planning application.
The Lilacs
- WRENN ID
- graven-newel-wind
- 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
- House
- Address
- The Lilacs, 50, Brook Street, Watlington, OX49 5JH
- OS grid reference
- SU 688 943
- Coordinates
- 51.64332, -1.00685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lilacs is a house dating from the late 16th century. It features square timber framing with brick infill, displaying herringbone patterning on the ground floor and in the central panels. The roof is gabled and covered with old tiles, and there is a large central brick ridge stack with three diagonally-placed flues. The building has a three-unit plan, is two storeys tall with an attic, and has a three-window range. The entrance includes a late 19th-century plank door, and there are two- and three-light casements. Gabled ends flank the central block. Inside, the house has chamfered and stopped beams.
Local climate
The Lilacs 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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