Goose House Approximately 5 Metres North of Spencer's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1986. Goose house.
Goose House Approximately 5 Metres North of Spencer's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- burning-paling-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1986
- Type
- Goose house
- OS grid reference
- SU 317 913
- Coordinates
- 51.6199, -1.54333
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Goose House, located approximately 5 meters north of Spencer's Farmhouse, is a mid-19th century structure that serves as a goose house with a granary above. It is built of Flemish bond brick and features a Welsh slate roof. The building has two storeys and includes a segmental arch over the entrance to the goose house, with a plank loft door situated above. To the right of the door, there are semi-circular arches over two shuttered openings designed for geese. The top of the right wall features a segmental arch above a two-light leaded casement window, while the left wall has segmental arches over planked doors on both the ground floor and loft. The roof is gabled. Inside, the goose house is located to the right, with a store room to the left. The granary above has a two-bay collar-truss and side strut roof with clasped purlins. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Goose House Approximately 5 Metres North of Spencer's Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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