The Kennels is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. House.
The Kennels
- WRENN ID
- blind-sandstone-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Kennels, Rousham
- OS grid reference
- SP 474 237
- Coordinates
- 51.9106, -1.31225
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kennels is an early 19th-century house constructed of coursed limestone rubble with a gabled stone slate roof and brick end stacks. It features a two-unit plan and stands two storeys tall with a two-window range. The entrance has a timber lintel above a plank door, which is sheltered by a 20th-century timber porch. There are also timber lintels over 20th-century casement windows. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Kennels sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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