The Round House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. A Mid 18th century Residential. 1 related planning application.
The Round House
- WRENN ID
- drifting-string-sorrel
- 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
- Residential
- Period
- Mid 18th century
- Address
- The Round House, 13, Castle Square, Benson
- OS grid reference
- SU 617 917
- Coordinates
- 51.62121, -1.10967
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Round House is a house that likely dates from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of grey brick with red brick dressings and has a plain-tile roof with brick end stacks. The building is three stories high and has a four-window range. To the right, there is a four-panel part-glazed door that is sheltered by a 19th-century gabled brick porch. On the left side, there is a three-story half-circular projection with three windows on each floor. The ground and first floors feature 12-pane sash windows, while the second floor has 6-pane sash windows. There are flat brick bands between the ground and first floors and between the first and second floors. A moulded brick cornice separates the second floor from the flat parapet at the eaves, and the half-circular projection has a hipped roof. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Round 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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