The Gables is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. House. 1 related planning application.
The Gables
- WRENN ID
- quartered-porch-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Gables, the Street, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RH
- OS grid reference
- SU 586 906
- Coordinates
- 51.61159, -1.15494
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gables is a house dating from the mid-17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century. It is located on the south side of The Street in Brightwell Cum Sotwell. The house has a rendered plinth and walls, likely on brick, with an old plain-tile roof and a brick ridge stack to the right of the centre and an end stack to the left. The building is two storeys and an attic, with a three-window front. It features a five-panel, part-glazed door with an open gabled porch in the centre. The ground and first floors contain 16-pane unhorned sash windows with wooden architrave surrounds. Three gabled dormers light the attic space. The interior was not inspected. A single-storey, two-window wing is attached to the right, constructed with timber framing and painted brick infill, and topped with a Welsh slate roof, including a brick ridge stack centrally placed.
Local climate
The Gables 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 81% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
- 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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