Rooks Orchard is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. House. 4 related planning applications.
Rooks Orchard
- WRENN ID
- nether-copper-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rooks Orchard, Main Street, Little Wittenham, OX14 4QY
- OS grid reference
- SU 563 929
- Coordinates
- 51.63279, -1.18756
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rooks Orchard is a house dating from the mid-17th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century and the 20th. The ground floor is built of red brick, while the first floor features replacement timber framing with painted brick infill. The roof is of old plain tiles, with a brick ridge stack located centrally. Originally designed with a two-unit lobby-entry plan, it is now two storeys high and has a two-window frontage. A 20th-century part-glazed door is on the right-hand side. Most windows are three-light casements, except for the bay window on the ground floor to the left. Straight flight stairs are present. The roof structure features queen-post construction. An open fireplace is located on the first floor to the left. A mid-17th century timber-framed rear wall remains, featuring angle braces. The house also incorporates chamfered spine beams with ogee end stops.
Local climate
Rooks Orchard 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- 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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