Darkwood Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Darkwood Farmhouse

WRENN ID
salt-oriel-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 December 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Darkwood Farmhouse, Swyncombe, RG9 6DR
OS grid reference
SU 695 884
Coordinates
51.59029, -0.99742
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Darkwood Farmhouse is a late 18th-century farmhouse situated at Swyncombe Park Corner. The front of the building is covered in ivy, while the remaining walls are constructed of flint rubble with brick dressings. It has an old tile roof and brick stacks. The farmhouse follows a double-depth plan, arranged over two storeys with a three-window front. A brick round arch provides access to a late 18th-century plank door fitted with a latch. The windows are of 20th-century design, set within flat arches. The roof is gabled and M-shaped, with stacks located at each end. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Darkwood Farmhouse 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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