Elm Close House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
Elm Close House
- WRENN ID
- fallen-pedestal-poplar
- 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
- Elm Close House, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 544 936
- Coordinates
- 51.63943, -1.2147
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Elm Close House is a 17th-century house located on the north side of Long Wittenham High Street. It features a limestone rubble base with large timber framing and brick infill, including some rendered panels. The roof is thatched and hipped to the right, while the left side has an old plain-tile roof that is half-hipped. There is a brick ridge stack positioned to the right of the center. The house has two storeys and an attic, with a four-window range. A plank door is located with an open porch to the right of the center, and the windows exhibit irregular fenestration of casements. There is a raking dormer on the left side. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Elm Close 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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