Portobello Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Farmhouse.
Portobello Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- small-corner-mallow
- 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
- Portobello Farmhouse, Shirburn
- OS grid reference
- SU 721 946
- Coordinates
- 51.64561, -0.95933
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Portobello Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in the early to mid-18th century, with later 18th-century bays added on either side. The structure is made of flint rubble, featuring brick quoins and dressings, while the right bay is constructed of header bond brick. It has a gabled roof covered with 20th-century tiles, and there are brick stacks at the ends and a rendered ridge stack. The farmhouse has a three-unit plan and stands two storeys tall with a six-window range. A segmental brick arch is present above a 19th-century six-panelled door, which is sheltered by a gabled 20th-century porch. There are segmental brick arches over late 19th-century two-light casements and blocked windows to the right of the door, with similar casements on the first floor located under the wall plate. The interior and rear of the building have not been inspected.
Local climate
Portobello Farmhouse 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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