Abbots Close is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. House. 1 related planning application.
Abbots Close
- WRENN ID
- narrow-brick-sunrise
- 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
- Abbots Close, Gore Street, Little Milton, OX44 7PP
- OS grid reference
- SP 619 008
- Coordinates
- 51.70261, -1.10549
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbots Close is a house dating from the early 17th century, constructed of coursed limestone rubble with an old plain-tile roof featuring brick ridge-stacks. The building has a T-plan layout that is positioned at right angles to the road and consists of two storeys plus attics. The front has two windows, which are three-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned windows, except for a two-light window located to the left of the central door. All windows are fitted with leaded lights. The central door is from the 20th century and is set within a moulded four-centre stone surround that includes recessed spandrels. There are four-light stone-mullioned windows in the right gable wall and to the right of the rear wing. A dovecote is situated in the left gable. At the junction of the roofs, there is a central stack with four diagonal shafts aligned in a row. Inside, the house features four Tudor-arched stone fireplaces, each within rectangular moulded surrounds. It is also reported to have gable-trusses.
Local climate
Abbots Close 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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