The Squirrel is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Farmhouse.

The Squirrel

WRENN ID
white-obsidian-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Squirrel, Pyrton
OS grid reference
SU 715 939
Coordinates
51.63995, -0.96772
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Squirrel is a farmhouse consisting of two ranges, with the right range dating from the early to mid-18th century and the left range dated 1838. The building is constructed of Flemish bond brick featuring flared headers, except for the right bay, which is made of repointed English bond brick. It has a gabled old tile roof with symmetrical brick end stacks on the left side, while the right side has a half-hipped 20th-century tile roof. The left range has a double-depth plan and is two storeys high with two windows. It features a 20th-century door set in a moulded wood architrave, with timber lintels above late 19th-century two-light casements. The right range is one storey and has an attic, with two windows and segmental arches above an 18th-century plank door, as well as late 19th-century two- and three-light casements and gabled dormers. Inside, there are chamfered beams, and while the first floor has not been inspected, it is likely to be of interest.

Local climate

The Squirrel 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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