Hampton and Sons is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. House, hostelry, office. 5 related planning applications.

Hampton and Sons

WRENN ID
noble-casement-smoke
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Type
House, hostelry, office
Address
Hampton and Sons, 96, High Street, Burford, OX18 4QF
OS grid reference
SP 251 121
Coordinates
51.80783, -1.63683
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Hampton and Sons is a house and former inn, now used as offices, dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of rubble with a Cotswold stone roof, featuring a corniced rubble end chimney and an ashlar chimney on the left side of the wall. It has two storeys and an attic, with two gabled dormers. On the first floor, there are two casement windows; the left window is a three-light design with wooden mullions that are somewhat dislocated, while the right window is a 20th-century mullion and transom window.

The ground floor features a projecting rubble shop front with two glazing-bar sash windows, arranged as a pair and a treble. Above this is a Cotswold stone pentice roof that extends over a set-back entry, which has a Tudor arched shape with a stilted label. In the spandrel of the entry, there is Simon Wysdom's wool mark and the date 1578. The door is studded and bears the inscription "Rose and Crown 1915." Inside, there is a modern replacement alleyway screen to the left. At the rear, there is a timber segment-headed 16th-century doorway with a two-light wooden mullion window above it.

Inside, on the first floor, one room features a cross-beam ceiling with chamfered joists and a hooded fireplace supported by rounded corbels. On the second floor, there is a plain Tudor-arched chamfered fireplace. Simon Wysdom, associated with the building, was a clothier, mercer, farmer, and property dealer, who also engaged in local government and charitable activities, including founding Burford Grammar School. He passed away in 1586.

Local climate

Hampton and Sons receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • 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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