Ancient House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1970. A C16 House. 4 related planning applications.
Ancient House
- WRENN ID
- tangled-groin-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ancient House, 56, Corn Street, Witney
- OS grid reference
- SP 353 095
- Coordinates
- 51.7838, -1.48842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 16th-century house located in Witney’s Corn Street. The construction is of coursed limestone rubble, topped with a gabled roof covered in artificial stone slates. A moulded ashlar stack stands at one end of the building. The house has a one-unit plan, two storeys, and an attic. It originally had a single window, although timber lintels now span the 20th-century door and windows. A gabled roof dormer has been added. The interior features chamfered beam construction, with a partly visible raised-cruck truss. A late 16th-century stone fireplace with an ovolo-moulded cornice is located on the right side.
Local climate
Ancient 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 — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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