The Centuries is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. House.
The Centuries
- WRENN ID
- seventh-screen-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Centuries, Eye and Dunsden
- OS grid reference
- SU 748 761
- Coordinates
- 51.47918, -0.923
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Centuries is a house located in Sonning Eye, dating from the 18th century with 19th-century alterations. It features an irregular timber frame with painted brick infill and a plain tile roof, complemented by brick ridge stacks. To the left of the center, there is a gabled porch that includes a glazed 20th-century door. The house has three 19th-century metal casement windows and three dormers, which are fitted with 19th-century gothick casements.
Local climate
The Centuries 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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