Mrs Betts' Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1984. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.

Mrs Betts' Farmhouse

WRENN ID
stranded-marble-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Mrs Betts' Farmhouse, Church Hill, Little Milton, OX44 7QB
OS grid reference
SP 618 008
Coordinates
51.70262, -1.10623
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mrs Betts' Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century and early 18th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble with some timber-framing and features a concrete plain-tile roof with brick stacks. The building has a three-unit plan with two rear wings and stands two storeys tall.

The street-facing side has a projecting lateral stack with brick weatherings located to the left of the centre. To the right, there are three renewed casements on both the ground and first floors, with an additional ground-floor casement to the left of the stack. The entrance is located at the rear.

The left gable displays the remains of a parapet with projecting kneelers, while the right gable is timber-framed and half-hipped, with a straight joint indicating that this bay was added later. The rear wings, which are of rubble, brick, and timber-framed construction, date from the 18th century. Between these wings, at the first floor, there is a wooden frame featuring diamond mullions and intermediate bars, which is said to be a recent addition.

Inside, the farmhouse includes a timber-framed cross partition, some 17th-century oak panelling, and an 18th-century dog-leg stair.

Local climate

Mrs Betts' Farmhouse 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 80% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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