Grange Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1995. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Grange Farmhouse

WRENN ID
mired-render-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 1995
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Grange Farmhouse, Towersey, OX9 3QU
OS grid reference
SP 742 055
Coordinates
51.7436, -0.92545
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Grange Farmhouse is a derelict farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with extensions added in the 18th century. It features a combination of timber-framed and brick construction, topped with a plain tile roof that has gabled ends. The building includes a brick gable-end stack and a large lateral stack with three brick shafts.

The plan consists of a 17th-century two-and-a-half bay timber-framed range with a lateral stack on the northeast side. In the 18th century, a brick range was added to the south, which includes one room and a stair hall, creating a new front. There is also another 18th-century brick wing at the rear to the north.

The exterior stands two storeys high with an attic and has a two-window southeast front. This front features 3-light casements with glazing bars, a central doorway, and a gabled dormer with small casements. The right-hand side of the front is overgrown with ivy. At the rear, there is a gable-ended timber-framed wing on the left with red brick nogging, and further to the left is a brick wing that runs parallel to the front range.

Inside, the 17th-century timber frame consists of two and a half bays with jowled posts, tension braces, and a clasped-purlin roof with wind braces. The 18th-century wings have butt-purlin roofs; the south wing contains 18th-century two-panel cupboard doors, but much of the interior features Victorian joinery, including the staircase and cast-iron chimneypieces.

Local climate

Grange 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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