Numbers 5 and 7 (Old Farm Close) is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
Numbers 5 and 7 (Old Farm Close)
- WRENN ID
- lunar-iron-crow
- 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
- House
- Address
- Numbers 5 and 7 (Old Farm Close), Farm Close Lane, Wheatley, OX33 1UG
- OS grid reference
- SP 597 056
- Coordinates
- 51.74597, -1.136
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 5 and 7, also known as Old Farm Close, is a house dating from the early 18th century, with extensions likely made around 1808 and later. The building is constructed from colourwashed coursed squared limestone rubble and features timber lintels, an old plain-tile roof, and brick stacks. It has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys tall.
The original three-window front on the left includes a plank door located to the left of centre, flanked by three-light casements. The first floor features old leaded casements arranged in groups of three, two, and three lights, with stacks on either side. The added bay to the right has irregular window arrangements. At the junction, the quoin of the earlier range is inscribed with "I.E.D./(?)808".
To the right, there is a further two-window extension that includes a segmental-arched carriage entry on the left, and a door and casement on the right, each featuring a semi-circular relieving arch with a recessed tympanum. This extension has a lower-pitched slate roof with a stone gable parapet. A 20th-century extension is located to the right. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Numbers 5 and 7 (Old Farm Close) 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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