Beech House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1980. A Post-Medieval House.

Beech House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 November 1980
Type
House
Period
Post-Medieval
Address
Beech House, High Street, Harwell
OS grid reference
SU 491 890
Coordinates
51.59817, -1.29235
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Beech House is a house dating from the mid 17th century, with a mid 19th century front facing the street. The main front is positioned at right angles to the street. It features a brick plinth and render, likely over timber framing, topped with an old plain-tile roof that has a brick ridge slightly off-center to the left. The house is two storeys tall with an attic and has a three-window range. There is a plank door, with a three-light casement window featuring leaded lights to the right of the door. The ground and first floors on the left and right have 19th century three-light casements with ornamental glazing bars, while the centre of the first floor has a 17th century three-light casement with leaded lights. A cross-gable is located to the left of the centre, which includes a two-light casement with leaded lights. The right side of the house, facing the street, is made of mid 19th century grey brick with red brick dressings, designed in the Tudor Revival style. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Beech House 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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