Garsington House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1984. Farmhouse, house. 1 related planning application.
Garsington House
- WRENN ID
- eternal-fireplace-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse, house
- Address
- Garsington House, Oxford Road, OX44 9AB
- OS grid reference
- SP 579 025
- Coordinates
- 51.71894, -1.16321
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Garsington House is a late 17th and 18th century farmhouse, now a house. It is constructed of coursed rubble with squared quoins, and has some ashlar dressings, with a plain-tile roof and brick stacks. Originally a two-unit plan with a cross-passage, it now has a four-window front. The two bays to the left are of earlier date, with altered openings under renewed lintels, and blocked doors. The 18th century section is set back and features a 20th century door and a three-light casement to the right, with two- and three-light casements above, all set within flat ashlar arches. The roof has a hipped gable to the left, a gable stack to the right, and a central ridge stack. Inside, there are intersecting chamfered spine beams with run-out stops and a large open fireplace. The earlier roof is characterised by two heavy queen-post trusses. The building was formerly the Exeter College farm.
Local climate
Garsington House 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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