Varley's is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. House. 4 related planning applications.
Varley's
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-roof-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Varley's, 18, High Street, Watlington, OX49 5PY
- OS grid reference
- SU 689 945
- Coordinates
- 51.64533, -1.0052
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Varley's is a house that has been converted into a supermarket and dwelling. It dates from the late 16th century to early 17th century and was refronted in the 18th century. Originally, it was timber-framed and is now finished in colourwashed brick with a gabled old tile roof and a brick ridge stack. The building has a three-unit plan and stands two storeys tall with a four-window range. The front features 20th-century double doors and flanking shop windows, along with a plank door leading to a left passage. There are timber lintels above the first-floor horizontal sliding sashes and dentilled eaves. Inside, you can find chamfered beams and large joists on the left. The roof has jowled posts supporting a four-bay queen-post structure with clasped purlins and curved windbraces, along with a remodelled truss on the right.
Local climate
Varley's 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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