Upper Grove Ash Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. Farmhouse.
Upper Grove Ash Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- strange-footing-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Upper Grove Ash Farmhouse, B4031, Sandford St. Martin
- OS grid reference
- SP 414 311
- Coordinates
- 51.97711, -1.39791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upper Grove Ash Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the 17th century, with alterations and extensions made in the early 18th century. It is built of coursed, squared marlstone and features wooden lintels, topped with plain-tile roofs and ashlar and blue-brick stacks. The building is designed in an L-shape and has two storeys plus an attic.
The early 18th-century section has two windows and includes a six-panel door located to the right of the center, along with a small blocked opening above the door and three-light casements in the outer bays. The roof is adorned with ashlar gable stacks. The rear of the house features a central full-height stair wing with a tall leaded window and a flanking outshut. The earlier range, which extends forward from the right side of the front, has three-light casements and several blocked openings. The gable wall shows remnants of a chamfered plinth. There is also a low outbuilding extension that projects to the right of the wing.
Inside, the later wing contains a large open fireplace and a winder stair. Grove Ash is noted as the site of a former village.
Local climate
Upper Grove Ash Farmhouse 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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