Horns Close is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. Farmhouse.

Horns Close

WRENN ID
salt-nave-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 June 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Horns Close, Horns Lane, Combe
OS grid reference
SP 411 155
Coordinates
51.83691, -1.40474
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Horns Close is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with a range to the right that was remodeled in the mid-18th century. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, featuring a stone-slate roof on the left side and a 20th-century tile roof on the right. It has stone and brick ridge stacks and a T-shaped plan. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a three-window range. The right side has 20th-century casements with timber lintels, while the left cross-wing features 19th-century two-light casements. There is a door at the centre, set within a 20th-century porch. A further 19th-century plank loft door is located on the first floor of the gabled end of the cross-wing, accessible by stone and brick steps. Inside, the right range is noted for its large chamfered beams and joists with ogee stops, while the cross-wing on the left also has chamfered beams.

Local climate

Horns Close receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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