The Highwayman Public House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1985. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Highwayman Public House
- WRENN ID
- drifting-pier-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1985
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Highwayman Public House, Exlade Street, Checkendon, RG8 0UA
- OS grid reference
- SU 659 818
- Coordinates
- 51.53184, -1.0507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Highwayman Public House is a 17th-century building with a 20th-century addition to the right and rear. It is constructed from colourwashed brick and features a plain tile roof with brick stacks. The building has a three-unit plan and is one storey high with an attic, presenting a three-window range. There is a 19th-century plank door located to the right of centre, along with three 3-light casements that have segmental arches. The roof has three dormers and is hipped to the left, with a ridge stack on the left and an end stack on the right. Inside, there are open fireplaces on the ground floor to the right and left.
Local climate
The Highwayman Public House 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- 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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