Messuage is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. House.

Messuage

WRENN ID
crumbling-parapet-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 1988
Type
House
Address
Messuage, 1, Rack End, Standlake
OS grid reference
SP 399 033
Coordinates
51.72721, -1.42348
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 1 (Messuage) is a house dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a gabled thatch roof with brick end stacks, one of which was rebuilt in the 20th century. The house has a three-unit plan and is one storey with an attic, presenting a three-window range. It has stop-chamfered timber lintels over a 20th-century door and casements, with an additional timber lintel over a 20th-century door to the right. Eyebrow dormers are fitted with 20th-century casements. Inside, there is a remodelled open fireplace to the left, chamfered beams, and a central timber-framed partition that rises to the truss of the collar-truss roof.

Local climate

Messuage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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