Smiths Farmhouse and Attached Walls is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 June 1986. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Smiths Farmhouse and Attached Walls

WRENN ID
scattered-glass-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 June 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Smiths Farmhouse and Attached Walls, Foxhall Road, Didcot, OX11 7AG
OS grid reference
SU 518 903
Coordinates
51.60931, -1.25307
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Smiths Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with later alterations. The building features timber framing on the left side with rendered infill, and the center and right sections are also rendered, likely on timber framing. It has an old plain-tile hipped roof and a brick ridge stack located to the left of the center. The farmhouse is two storeys high with an attic and has a three-window range.

There is a part-glazed plank door positioned to the left of center, which is sheltered by an open brick porch topped with a hipped old plain-tile roof. To the right of the door, there is a two-light metal leaded casement window, and to the right of center, a four-light metal leaded casement window. On the left side, there is another two-light metal casement window. The first floor features two-light metal leaded casements in the center and right, and a four-light casement on the left. A cross-gable is located at the center, which includes a two-light casement. The right return of the building displays timber framing, while the left return is constructed of grey brick with red brick dressings, and the first floor on the right is tile-hung. The interior has not been inspected. Additionally, there is a wall forming a forecourt and a brick wall to the left with angled coping.

Local climate

Smiths Farmhouse and Attached Walls 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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