Moonrakers is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. A C17 House. 3 related planning applications.
Moonrakers
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-cobalt-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Moonrakers, 4, Ilges Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9NX
- OS grid reference
- SU 589 865
- Coordinates
- 51.57491, -1.15139
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century house located on the south side of Ilges Lane, Cholsey. The house is constructed of painted brick with a thatched roof, featuring a brick ridge stack in the centre and an end stack to the left. It is built as a single-storey and attic dwelling with a two-window front, set at a right angle to the street. A plank door is positioned to the left of centre, with a segmental brick head, and a second plank door is located to the right, also with a segmental brick head. A two-light wooden casement window is situated to the left, and another two-light wooden casement window is to the right of centre. There are two gabled dormers; one to the left of centre with a three-light wooden casement, and one to the right of centre with a two-light wooden casement. Timber framing is visible on the gable end of the right return. The ground floor centre includes an open fireplace.
Local climate
Moonrakers 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 6 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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