Kingstone Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1952. Farmhouse.

Kingstone Farmhouse

WRENN ID
ruined-rafter-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1952
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Kingstone Farmhouse, Ashbury
OS grid reference
SU 266 855
Coordinates
51.56796, -1.61755
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kingstone Farmhouse is a 18th-century farmhouse with a datestone reading "HE 1730" above the door. It features a front made of chalk ashlar with limestone dressings and a stone slate roof, along with brick stacks. The building has a central staircase plan and a rear service area under separate roofs. It stands two stories tall and has a five-window range of sash windows. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door, two of which are glazed, and is sheltered by a flat hood with a moulded cornice supported by carved brackets. There is a limestone ashlar band at floor level, brick dentilled eaves, and limestone coping. The end stacks are symmetrical, and the gabled right side wall displays horizontal chalk bands.

At the rear, there are three blocks that form a continuous outshut, constructed of chalk and sarsen, each with a hipped roof. Late 19th-century and 20th-century casements are present, along with a central door in a semi-circular brick arch set in the stack above. A mid-19th-century canted bay window is located in the side wall, and there is one 181-light leaded casement in the rear gabled dormer. Inside, the farmhouse features a stone flag floor and a fine straight-flight staircase from around 1730 with moulded balusters. There are quarter turn service stairs in the centre of the rear outshut, and the rear right room has plank and stud panelling with a guilloche frieze and skirting, while the front left room has square framed panelling. Kingstone Farmhouse was formerly part of the Craven estate.

Local climate

Kingstone Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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