The Fox Public House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1999. Public house. 7 related planning applications.

The Fox Public House

WRENN ID
knotted-stone-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 April 1999
Type
Public house
Address
The Fox Public House, A 4130, Bix and Assendon, RG9 6DB
OS grid reference
SU 725 853
Coordinates
51.56232, -0.95532
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Fox Public House is a public house built in 1936 by A.E. Hobbs for W.H. Brakspear and Son. It features red brick, tile-hanging, and timber-framing with brick nogging, topped by a clay plain tile hipped roof with low eaves. The building has tall brick axial stacks with corbelled brick cornices.

The structure is one storey with an attic and has a three-bay southwest front. The central bay projects and is tile-hung, with the main roof extending over a porch on the left and flanking hipped dormers. The doorways on the left and right are set back. The northwest side includes a large timber-framed oriel with herringbone brick nogging above a seven-light window that is also corbelled out. At the rear, there are flat roof dormers in hipped roofs and an outbuilding projecting on the left. The windows are casement style with leaded panes.

Inside, the pub is intact and complete, featuring exposed ceiling beams and joists, panelling, brick fireplaces with tile arches, panelled doors, and timber-framed bar counters with herringbone brick nogging and curved bracing above. The staircase has a panelled balustrade, and the first-floor rooms also include brick fireplaces with tile arches.

Local climate

The Fox Public 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 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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