Howe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1975. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Howe Farmhouse

WRENN ID
strange-cobalt-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 March 1975
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Howe Farmhouse, Howe Hill, Watlington, OX49 5EY
OS grid reference
SU 698 922
Coordinates
51.62445, -0.99218
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Howe Farmhouse is a late 17th-century farmhouse located on Howe Hill in Watlington. The building is constructed from coursed knapped flint with brick dressings and features a gabled old tile roof, along with a brick stack on the left side and ridge stacks. It has an L-plan layout and stands two storeys tall with a two-window range. The front includes a 20th-century porch and door, with brick segmental arches above flat arches leading to three- and four-light leaded casements, as well as a 20th-century casement in the bottom right. A brick storey band runs across the facade, and there are leaded casements on the side walls.

At the rear right, there is a late 17th-century wing that is one storey and has an attic, built with similar materials and featuring a timber-framed gable wall and three-light leaded casements. A brick hood mould is present over the rear window. To the right, there is an early 18th-century outshut made of similar materials, which includes a two-light leaded casement. A rear stair-turret, also made of similar materials, has two-light leaded casements, one of which has diamond panes. There is a 19th-century one-storey extension to the left, constructed with similar materials.

Inside, the left room contains a roll-stopped beam with an ogee-stopped chamfered bressumer over an open fireplace that includes salt boxes, as well as a fine late 17th-century bread cupboard. The roof features a collar-truss design.

Local climate

Howe 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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