Melrose House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1952. House. 1 related planning application.
Melrose House
- WRENN ID
- over-cinder-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Melrose House, 74, Corn Street, Witney, OX28 6BS
- OS grid reference
- SP 353 096
- Coordinates
- 51.78402, -1.48934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Melrose House is a house dating from the mid to late 18th century, located on the north side of Corn Street, Witney. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, with a stuccoed front. The roof is covered with gabled M-shaped stone slates, and features a stone end stack. The building follows a double-depth plan.
The house is arranged over two storeys and an attic, with a two-window front. It contains late 18th century six-pane sash windows; a gabled roof dormer has 20th-century casements. On the right-hand side wall are two late 18th/early 19th century six-pane sashes, and an early 19th century bracketed flat hood shelters a six-panelled door with an overlight. Further six-pane sashes are present to the rear. The interior was not inspected, but is likely to be of interest.
Local climate
Melrose House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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