87, Lower Radley is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1966. Farmhouse.

87, Lower Radley

WRENN ID
scattered-outpost-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1966
Type
Farmhouse
OS grid reference
SU 534 987
Coordinates
51.68455, -1.22843
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 87 Lower Radley is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates from the late 16th century, with an early 18th-century front block. The front is constructed from coursed limestone rubble, with brick quoins and dressings on the first floor. It features a hipped roof covered with old tiles and a brick stack at the left end. The building has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys high, with a three-window range.

The central entrance has a segmental brick arch above a 19th-century four-panelled door. The outer bays contain early 18th-century wood-mullioned cross windows with iron fittings, while there is a 20th-century one-light window to the right of the centre. On the first floor, there are flat brick arches over two 20th-century one-light windows and similar early 18th-century cross windows in the outer bays. The building features a raised brick storey band and dentilled eaves. At the rear, there are two cross windows, and to the left, there is a one-storey service range made of similar materials, which includes a bread oven and an 18th-century cross window with a turnbuckle.

The late 16th-century two-storey rear wing is rendered over a timber frame and has a gabled roof with old and 20th-century tiles. A stone end stack, finished in brick, is adjacent to the front range, and a stair-turret projects from the right side wall. Inside the front range, there are two early 18th-century panelled doors and a framed dog-leg staircase with winders. The rear range showcases exposed timber framing, stop-chamfered beams, and a chamfered bressumer with stone jambs to the first-floor fireplace, which is next to a rebuilt newel stair. The stairs lead to stop-chamfered and moulded doorframes, one of which retains its original plank door, and the staircase features an original newel post and two late 16th-century splat balusters at the attic level.

Local climate

87, Lower Radley 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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