Westbrook House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1952. House. 3 related planning applications.
Westbrook House
- WRENN ID
- worn-grate-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Westbrook House, 18, Gravel Walk, Great Faringdon, SN7 7JW
- OS grid reference
- SU 286 954
- Coordinates
- 51.6574, -1.58761
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Westbrook House is a substantial early 18th century house in Great Faringdon, faced with stucco over a rubble stone core. It is arranged in an L-shape, with two storeys and an attic, and features a large hipped roof covered in a mix of stone tiles to the rear and modern tiles to the front. Brick ridge stacks are present, one on a chequered brick and stone base to the front range, and a similar stack to the rear wing. A moulded wood dentil eaves cornice runs along the top of the building.
The west front has a five-window range, with angle quoins. The first-floor windows have cambered heads, while the ground floor and central first-floor windows are flat-headed. All have plain raised surrounds; the central first-floor window has an eared architrave, and the ground-floor windows have keystones. A heavily block-rusticated door surround with a triple keystone is centrally positioned. The south side has a six-window range to the first floor, with the outer pair being blank. There are three ground-floor windows, flanked by doors. These have plain raised surrounds with flat heads and keystones. A single four-light gabled dormer is visible.
The rear is of rubble stone, and includes a staircase block at the angle, with a hipped roof covered in plain tiles. Inside, a heavy moulded handrail with twisted balusters runs along the staircase, and there is some fielded panelling. An inscription on an interior wall is said to indicate a date of 1705.
Local climate
Westbrook House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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