Upper Chalford Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1987. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Upper Chalford Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- salt-paling-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Upper Chalford Farmhouse, Aston Rowant, OX39 4NH
- OS grid reference
- SP 717 008
- Coordinates
- 51.70153, -0.96254
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upper Chalford Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates back to the early 17th century, with some alterations made in the 19th century. The building features large timber framing with arched braces and brick infill, rendered in the center and on the right side. It has an old plain-tile roof and a brick shaped ridge stack with a 19th-century top located to the left of center, along with a 19th-century end stack on the right. The layout is probably based on a three-unit lobby entry plan.
The farmhouse is two stories high and has a four-window range. To the left of center, there is an 18th-century six-panel door, which is accompanied by a 20th-century open porch. To the right of center, there is a 19th-century four-panel part-glazed door with a 19th-century open, flat-roofed porch. A two-light wood casement window is found to the left, while 19th-century angled bays with horned sashes and flat lead roofs are located in the center and on the right. The first floor features four-pane horned sash windows.
At the rear, there is an outshut on the right with a catslide roof and a gabled staircase projection to the left of center. The left end of the farmhouse has 18th-century leaded casement windows on the ground floor with Gothick caming.
Inside, there is a winder staircase to the right of center and a straight flight staircase with winders to the left. Blocked fireplaces are present on both the ground and first floors to the left of center, with a bread oven located at the rear of the ground floor. The ground floor also features chamfered spine beams, while extensive beaming is visible on the first floor. The roof structure is of queen-post construction.
Local climate
Upper Chalford 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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