46 and 48, Lower Radley is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. House. 3 related planning applications.

46 and 48, Lower Radley

WRENN ID
quartered-window-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1987
Type
House
Address
46 and 48, Lower Radley, OX14 3AY
OS grid reference
SU 534 989
Coordinates
51.68704, -1.22799
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

46 and 48 Lower Radley is a house that dates back to the late medieval period and was remodeled and extended in the 17th century. It features a cruck frame, with two wall posts visible in the left gable. The exterior is made of rendered and colourwashed limestone rubble, with a weatherboarded right bay. The roof is hipped and thatched, with two ridge stacks made of stone and finished in brick. Originally a two-bay hall house, it has been extended to a three-unit plan. The building has one storey and an attic, with a three-window range. Most windows are from the 20th century, except for a 19th-century two-light dormer casement on the left. The outer bays have 18th-century plank doors, and there is a 20th-century extension at the front.

Inside, there are three full crucks with through purlins. The central cruck truss has blades that are tenoned into a yoke, which supports the ridge purlin with a king stud. The tabled scarf joints suggest a 15th-century date. The first floor and stack were added in the 17th century, featuring a chamfered bressumer over an open fireplace with 17th-century brick jambs and stop-chamfered beams.

Local climate

46 and 48, 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
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