Old Bank House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. Town house. 4 related planning applications.
Old Bank House
- WRENN ID
- worn-parapet-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- Old Bank House, 46, Couching Street, Watlington, OX49 5QQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 689 944
- Coordinates
- 51.64464, -1.00472
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Bank House is a late 18th-century town house located on Couching Street in Watlington. It is constructed of grey header bond brick, featuring red brick quoins and dressings, and has a gabled old tile roof with brick internal stacks. The building has a double-depth plan and stands three storeys tall with a three-window range.
The entrance features an eared moulded architrave set in a broken-pedimented doorway, which includes a Gothick fanlight and a six-panelled door. There are gauged brick flat arches over paired sash windows that flank central six-pane sashes. The exterior is further enhanced by red brick storey bands.
Inside, the house contains two- and six-panelled doors, a moulded cornice, and a fireplace on the left side. At the rear of the hall, there is a round arch with moulded imposts leading to a dog-leg staircase with a landing, which features turned balusters on an open string.
Local climate
Old Bank House 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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 — 1 transaction since 2018
- 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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