Library Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1984. Farmhouse.
Library Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-shingle-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Library Farmhouse, Oxford Road, Garsington
- OS grid reference
- SP 579 023
- Coordinates
- 51.71681, -1.16191
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Library Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 16th century, possibly earlier, with some early 18th-century features. It is constructed from limestone rubble, which is both uncoursed and squared, and has timber lintels. The roof is made of old plain tiles and features a brick ridge stack. The building has a three-unit lobby-entry plan and is one storey plus attics high.
The front has three windows, with a plank door in the center flanked by three-light casements. To the far right, there is a 17th-century oval stone opening set in a rectangular moulded surround, complete with an iron stanchion and hooks for shutter hinges. Above, there are three gabled two-light dormers. The earlier part of the building, which is to the right of the door and stack, has a lower roof made of uncoursed rubble. The left gable wall features a plinth with moulded brick weathering that returns to the rear wall, as well as a gable parapet. A rear wing was rebuilt around 1930.
Inside, the earlier section of the farmhouse has a central exposed cruck-frame, making it one of only two cruck structures known in the village.
Local climate
Library Farmhouse 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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