The Corner House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1980. Farmhouse.

The Corner House

WRENN ID
standing-outpost-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 March 1980
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Corner House, 7, Chawley Lane, Cumnor
OS grid reference
SP 471 045
Coordinates
51.73756, -1.31909
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Corner House is a farmhouse, now a house, dating from the 17th century, which was remodelled and extended to the left in the early 18th century. It features roughcast over limestone rubble, with the limestone exposed in the rear gable wall. The right wing was originally timber-framed. The building has a gabled stone slate roof, with a stone ridge stack finished in 19th century brick and an end stack finished in 20th century brick. The layout is a two-unit plan that has been extended to form an L-plan with a front left bay. It is two storeys high and has a three-window range with irregular fenestration. There is a 20th century porch and door, along with 20th century windows and extensions to the left and rear. Inside, the 17th century section features stop-chamfered beams and a chamfered bressumer over an open fireplace at the rear. The early 18th century extension includes a stack with a keyed stone fireplace, which is adjacent to an early 18th century winder staircase with turned balusters on a closed string.

Local climate

The Corner 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 78% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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