Dg Homecare is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. House and shop. 1 related planning application.
Dg Homecare
- WRENN ID
- drifting-tower-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- House and shop
- Address
- Dg Homecare, 24, High Street, Watlington, OX49 5PY
- OS grid reference
- SU 689 945
- Coordinates
- 51.64544, -1.00561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This house, now a shop and house, dates from the mid to late 16th century and was remodelled in the mid-19th century and the 20th century. It began as a timber-framed building; a tie beam and 18th-century studs are visible in the left gable, while the rear has rectangular timber framing with brick infill. The front is constructed of mid-19th century Flemish bond brick with flared brick headers. The roof is half-hipped with old clay tiles, and a rear lateral brick stack has been shortened. The building has a three-unit plan.
The front elevation is two storeys high with a four-window arrangement. A segmental arch sits above a 20th-century door, adjacent to a 20th-century window on the right. A 20th-century door and flanking shop windows are located on the left. Late 19th-century sash windows are set within timber lintels on the first floor.
A rear wing, dating to the 17th century, extends to the right and is two windows wide. This section features rectangular timber framing with brick infill, a gabled old-tile roof, and a 20th-century brick stack.
The interior includes a 17th-century cellar with chamfered and stopped spine beams. The right-hand side of the building features quartered chamfered beams and a three-bay queen-post roof with curved braces and windbraces.
Local climate
Dg Homecare 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions 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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