College Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

College Farmhouse

WRENN ID
little-loft-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 December 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
College Farmhouse, High Street, Ashbury, SN6 8LN
OS grid reference
SU 263 850
Coordinates
51.56353, -1.62118
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

College Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of coursed sarsen rubble with ashlar chalk bands and brick dressings, topped with a 20th-century tile roof and featuring brick stacks. The building has a three-unit plan and is two storeys high, with a five-window range of 20th-century casements. The main entrance has a mid to late 18th-century four-panelled door, which is half glazed. The ground floor is made of sarsen walling, separated from the first floor of chalk ashlar by a brick band. There are segmental brick arches over the windows and door, with brick dressings to all openings, as well as brick quoins at the front and rear and a brick band under the eaves. The roof is hipped with a ridge, and there are lateral and end stacks. Inside, the main and service stairs remain, but the interior has not been inspected. There is a mid-20th-century roughcast extension to the rear and a much-altered granary against the west gable wall.

Local climate

College 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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