The Olde Kingswell Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. Public house, restaurant. 1 related planning application.
The Olde Kingswell Inn
- WRENN ID
- ruined-mullion-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1988
- Type
- Public house, restaurant
- Address
- The Olde Kingswell Inn, A 417, Harwell, OX11 0LZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 499 883
- Coordinates
- 51.59145, -1.28086
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Olde Kingswell Inn is a farmhouse that has been converted into a public house and restaurant. It likely dates from the early 18th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. The building is constructed of red brick with flared headers in Flemish bond and features a plain-tile roof from the 20th century. There is a brick stack at the left end and a ridge stack to the right of the center.
The inn is two stories high and has four bays, with a three-window range. A 20th-century six-panel part-glazed door leads to a gabled porch located to the left of the center, which contains an 18th-century six-panel part-glazed inner door. The windows on the ground and first floors include 20th-century three-light casements to the left and to the right of the center, all featuring segmental brick heads and leaded lights. There is also a 20th-century two-light casement on the first floor to the left of the center, which has a segmental brick head and leaded lights.
The eaves and gable ends are adorned with a brick dog-tooth course. Inside, the ground floor rooms have open fireplaces, one of which on the right includes a 19th-century bread oven with a brick domed chamber. The spine beams and joists are visible on the ground floor. At the rear, there is a 20th-century addition that may incorporate some earlier structure.
Local climate
The Olde Kingswell Inn 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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