Ambrose Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. Farmhouse.

Ambrose Farmhouse

WRENN ID
turning-stronghold-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Ambrose Farmhouse, 55, Crown Road, Wheatley
OS grid reference
SP 600 055
Coordinates
51.74517, -1.13133
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ambrose Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates from the early 17th century and 18th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. The building is constructed from colourwashed limestone rubble and features squared quoins, topped with an old plain-tile roof and brick stacks. It has an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys tall. The front has four windows, with a central lateral stack flanked by large 20th-century bay windows on the ground floor. The first floor features two 20th-century casements on the right and another on the left, alongside a late 17th-century or early 18th-century cross window with leaded lights at the extreme left. There is a gable stack to the left. The double-span 18th-century rear wing to the left includes a plank door and three-light leaded casements on the side, as well as segmental-arched casements in the gable wall. Inside, the main range has been largely remodelled but still retains a wide Tudor-arched stone fireplace with recessed spandrels. The rear wing features a fireplace with a bressumer.

Local climate

Ambrose Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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