Model Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Farmhouse.
Model Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- old-moulding-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Model Farmhouse, Shirburn
- OS grid reference
- SU 695 971
- Coordinates
- 51.66895, -0.99565
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Model Farmhouse, built around 1856-7 by William Wilkinson, is a farmhouse constructed of Flemish bond brick featuring yellow-brick headers and a gabled Welsh slate roof with a brick ridge stack. The building has a double-depth plan and stands two storeys high with a three-window range. A hipped tile pentice covers the central entrance, which consists of a five-panelled door with a glazed top panel and an overlight, flanked by canted bays that contain casement windows. The first-floor casements are adorned with gauged brick chamfered flat arches, and there is a central round window above. The interior has not been inspected. This farmhouse was built as the Home Farm of the Shirburn Estate and is included for its group value.
Local climate
Model 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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