The Old Kennels is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Kennels
- WRENN ID
- burning-basalt-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Kennels, 30, Oxford Road, Garsington, OX44 9JT
- OS grid reference
- SP 579 024
- Coordinates
- 51.71815, -1.16224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 17th-century house, originally built as kennels attached to Christ Church College, Oxford. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar, banded with coursed rubble, and has a plain-tile roof with brick stacks. It is arranged as a three-unit design with a baffle entry, and stands two storeys high plus attics. The front features a studded oak door with a single leaded-light window above, flanked by three-light casement windows. The window openings have a roll moulding to their sides and head. The exterior has a plinth and stone eaves-cove, with gable parapets featuring scroll kneelers and ball finials that are similar to those found at the Manor. A ball finial also sits on the apex of the right gable. The building includes a clustered brick ridge stack and a gable stack to the left. The interior remains uninspected. The roof has two hipped dormers.
Local climate
The Old Kennels 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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