Downside, and Attached Garden Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. House. 6 related planning applications.

Downside, and Attached Garden Wall

WRENN ID
gaunt-chamber-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 November 1966
Type
House
Address
Downside, and Attached Garden Wall, Newbury Road, East Hendred, OX12 8LG
OS grid reference
SU 460 882
Coordinates
51.59102, -1.33699
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Downside is a house built in the mid 17th century, with a garden front added in the mid 18th century. The central bay is constructed of red brick, while the left and right sides are made of grey brick with red brick dressings. The roof is covered with old plain tiles, featuring a brick stack at the left end and a ridge stack to the right of the center.

The main front faces the gardens and is a two-storey, three-bay range, with the center bay projecting forward. There is a six-panel door to the right of the center, topped by a gabled plain-tile hood. To the left and right, there are segmental-headed three-light casements with segmental brick heads. The center features two-light and three-light wood mullion and transom windows. On the first floor, there are segmental-headed three-light casements to the left and right, also with segmental brick heads, and a wood thermal window in the center. A brick dentil course runs along the eaves, and the center bay has a pediment gable with stone acorn finials at the ends.

The entrance front at the rear is rendered, likely over timber framing, and features a first floor that jetties out. The roof has three cross-gables. The interior has not been inspected. There is a 20th-century addition to the left and a 19th-century addition to the right, which has undergone 20th-century alterations. The 19th-century garden wall is made of stone with brick dressings and has 20th-century brick coping; it stands approximately 2 meters high and is 30 meters long.

Local climate

Downside, and Attached Garden Wall 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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