Radford Farmhouse and Attached Garden Walls is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1988. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Radford Farmhouse and Attached Garden Walls
- WRENN ID
- errant-rubblework-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Radford Farmhouse and Attached Garden Walls, Enstone, OX7 4EB
- OS grid reference
- SP 408 238
- Coordinates
- 51.91212, -1.40683
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Radford Farmhouse and the attached garden walls date from the 17th century, with extensions made in the early 19th century and some remodeling in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed from coursed limestone rubble, featuring some ashlar dressings, and has artificial stone-slate roofs with ashlar stacks. It has a three-unit lobby-entry plan that extends to the rear, along with subsidiary ranges.
The farmhouse is two storeys plus an attic and has a four-window front on the earlier main range, which includes mid-19th century windows, each with two sashes and a central mullion, except for a four-pane sash above the secondary entrance in the first bay. The main entrance is located between the second and third bays, aligned with a stack. The shallow-pitched roof has gable parapets and an additional stack to the right.
To the right, there is a rubble subsidiary range with a steeper roof and casement windows featuring wooden lintels. On the left, a complex single-storey range, which was formerly used as a dairy and bakehouse, has a large rubble stack. The early 19th century rear wing, which returns from the right of the main range, has two 12-pane sash windows.
Inside, the farmhouse features chamfered spine beams, a winder stair leading to the attics, and a large central stack with back-to-back fireplaces, one of which is an inglenook fireplace with a chamfered bressumer. The interior also includes fielded-panelled doors, cupboards, and shutters, as well as an early 19th century stair with stick balusters.
The brick-lined rubble walls with flat copings extend from the main range, enclosing a square front garden that ramps down from approximately 3 metres high to about 1.5 metres. The farmhouse is part of a close group with nearby barns and shelter sheds.
Local climate
Radford Farmhouse and Attached Garden Walls receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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