Kingsford House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. House. 2 related planning applications.
Kingsford House
- WRENN ID
- waning-gutter-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- House
- Address
- Kingsford House, 14 and 16, High Street, Benson, OX10 6RP
- OS grid reference
- SU 618 917
- Coordinates
- 51.62074, -1.10774
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kingsford House is a house likely dating from the early 19th century, situated on the south side of Benson High Street. The construction is primarily grey brick with red brick dressings, topped with a Welsh slate hipped roof, and featuring brick internal stacks on the left and right returns. The building presents a three-storey, three-window facade. A central four-panel, part-glazed door is sheltered by a flat-roofed porch supported by Doric columns. 20th-century bow windows have been added to the left and right. The upper floors contain 16-pane sash windows. The interior remains uninspected. A wing to the right is constructed of grey brick with red brick dressings and includes a concave volute parapet at the roofline.
Local climate
Kingsford House 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 24 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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