Pettiwell House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1984. Farmhouse.

Pettiwell House

WRENN ID
ragged-gargoyle-hawthorn
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
Pettiwell House, 15, Garsington
OS grid reference
SP 579 021
Coordinates
51.71489, -1.16191
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pettiwell House is a farmhouse, now a house, dating from the 16th or 17th century. It is timber-framed with brick and plaster infill, along with some rubble stone walls, and features an old plain tile roof with brick ridge stacks. The building has a two-unit lobby-entry plan that was extended on the left side towards the road, likely in the 17th century. It consists of one storey plus attics.

The original entrance is flanked by casements with rectangular framing above. The extension is fully framed on a stone plinth and consists of bays, with a central one-bay projection that is partly clad in stone and features brick quoins and dressings from the 18th century. The present and former entrances are located on either side of the wing, and the gable front has a three-light casement on each floor, both under a segmental brick arch. There are also two gabled dormers at the rear.

Inside, the house has open fireplaces and a late 17th-century stair with turned balusters. It was formerly owned by St. John's College, Oxford.

Local climate

Pettiwell 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 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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