College Farmhouse and Attached Barns and Outbuildings is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
College Farmhouse and Attached Barns and Outbuildings
- WRENN ID
- final-lead-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- College Farmhouse and Attached Barns and Outbuildings, 2, Chapel Lane, Benson, OX10 6LU
- OS grid reference
- SU 618 917
- Coordinates
- 51.62123, -1.10758
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A 16th-century farmhouse, later adapted for residential use, with 18th-century facade alterations and 19th-century modifications. The farmhouse is built of rendered brick, with a hipped roof covered in plain tiles and brick stacks. It is two storeys high and originally had a two-window front. The central entrance features a 6-panel door with a fanlight, a moulded wooden surround, and an open pediment. In the 19th century, angled bay windows were added to the left and right, each topped with a hipped plain-tile roof. The first floor has tripartite sash windows. A substantial 16th-century brick stack is located at the left end, featuring diagonally set shafts. A return wall displays casement windows. The interior has not been inspected but is likely to contain features of interest. Attached to the right end are former barns and outbuildings.
Local climate
College Farmhouse and Attached Barns and Outbuildings 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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