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
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- 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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