Solar and Attached Wall Approximately 15 Metres South West of the Prebendal is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. Solar.

Solar and Attached Wall Approximately 15 Metres South West of the Prebendal

WRENN ID
eastward-merlon-khaki
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 April 1951
Type
Solar
OS grid reference
SP 702 063
Coordinates
51.75158, -0.98443
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The solar and attached wall, located approximately 15 meters southwest of the Prebendal, is a Grade II* listed structure. The solar dates from the 13th century and was extended in the 14th century. It is built of uncoursed stone rubble with ashlar stone dressings and features an old plain-tile roof. A stone lateral stack with a rebuilt flue is located at the rear. The building is two stories high and consists of a four-bay range. There are plank doors at the east end on both the ground and first floors, and the windows have irregular placements, featuring stone mullions, some of which incorporate reused masonry.

Inside, there is a straight-flight staircase leading from the ground to the first floor. The first floor includes a stone hooded fireplace with 14th-century half-quatrefoil jambs and a 20th-century stone hood. The roof above the first floor is a 14th-century four-bay crown-post design. The wall that connects the chapel and the solar was originally the end of a 14th-century hall and features a 15th-century window, which likely has 19th-century Perpendicular tracery. Historically, a prebend was established around 1140 by the Bishop of Lincoln.

Local climate

Solar and Attached Wall Approximately 15 Metres South West of the Prebendal 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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