Tawney's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. Farmhouse.
Tawney's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- unlit-floor-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Tawney's Farmhouse, Stanton Harcourt
- OS grid reference
- SP 426 050
- Coordinates
- 51.74215, -1.38309
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tawney's Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates back to 1647, as indicated by a datestone on the left side. It was extended in the early to mid-18th century and has undergone some alterations in the 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, with 18th-century brick on the rear left and 20th-century brick in the left gable. It features a gabled stone slate roof, a brick ridge stack, and a 17th-century stone ridge stack that was originally at the end of the building.
The farmhouse has a one-unit plan that has been extended to a three-unit lobby-entry plan. It is two storeys high and has a three-window range. There are timber lintels, some of which are from the 20th century, over a 20th-century door that has carved brackets supporting a pediment hood, along with 20th-century windows. Under the eaves, there is a stone-slate perch and doveholes that extend across the right gable. To the right, there is a 20th-century one-storey extension.
At the rear, there is a one-storey, one-bay wing that was originally timber-framed, but its walls have mostly been rebuilt in the 20th century. This wing adjoins a bread oven projection on the left. Inside, the kitchen on the right features a reversed beam. The central room has a chamfered beam on the left, while the left room has a chamfered beam and an open fireplace, with heart-shaped steps leading to a chamfered bressumer, similar to the 1661 extension at The Old Rectory in Standlake. The roof is supported by collar trusses.
Local climate
Tawney's Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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