Wittenham House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1986. House. 1 related planning application.

Wittenham House

WRENN ID
sharp-finial-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 November 1986
Type
House
Address
Wittenham House, Main Street, Little Wittenham, OX14 4RA
OS grid reference
SU 564 933
Coordinates
51.63607, -1.18531
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wittenham House is a house located on Main Street in Little Wittenham, dating from the mid-17th century. It was converted into a rectory and re-fronted around 1860, possibly by Charles Buckeridge. The building features a rendered exterior, likely over timber framing, and has an old plain-tile complex roof with a central brick ridge stack. It is arranged in a probably two-unit lobby-entry plan and has two storeys plus an attic, with a five-window range.

The front of the house includes double glazed doors leading to a central glazed porch. To the left, there is a three-light wood mullion window with sashes, and to the right of the centre, a two-light wood mullion window. There is another two-light wood mullion window with sashes in a projecting bay above the porch on the first floor. To the left, there are two 2-pane sash windows with splayed reveals, while to the right, there are two two-light wood mullion windows with sashes. The house has cross-gables on the left and right sides, each featuring two-light wood mullion windows with casements. The left return displays timber framing with angle braces. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Wittenham 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 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
  • 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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