Church House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. House. 7 related planning applications.
Church House
- WRENN ID
- stranded-rampart-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Church House, 2, Queen Street, Dorchester, OX10 7HR
- OS grid reference
- SU 578 942
- Coordinates
- 51.64414, -1.16555
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church House is a house built in 1878 by Sir G. Gilbert Scott. It features colourwashed brick with tile hanging and timber framing, topped with an old plain-tile roof and brick stacks. The building has an L-plan and is two storeys high. The front, which faces High Street, has two windows and showcases timber framing above a decorative band of tile hanging. The windows project slightly and are intricately divided with mullions and transoms. The ornamental timber framing extends around the upper part of the larger ground floor window on the left. The left end wall is similarly decorated and includes a gable over the ground-floor window. The entrance is located within a hexagonal tower at the rear of this side, which features a tiled steeple roof. The roof has a gablet on the left and two highly ornamental stacks. A simpler wing projects to the rear. The interior has not been inspected. Church House was built as part of The Missionary College and is included for its group value.
Local climate
Church House 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 2023
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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