Fleece Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1970. A C19 Hotel. 1 related planning application.
Fleece Hotel
- WRENN ID
- dusted-attic-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1970
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- Fleece Hotel, 11, Church Green, Witney, OX28 4AZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 356 094
- Coordinates
- 51.78268, -1.48456
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fleece Hotel is an early 19th-century hotel located on Church Green in Witney. It is constructed from limestone rubble with a stucco front featuring raised quoin strips and has a gabled stone slate roof with a brick lateral stack at the rear. The building is L-shaped, with a rear left range, and consists of two storeys and an attic, presenting a symmetrical three-window facade.
There is a wrought-iron balcony rail above a 20th-century door, which is accompanied by an overlight and flanking canted bay windows with sash windows. The first floor features six-pane sash windows, and there is a 20th-century gabled roof dormer. To the right, there is a similar two-storey, three-window range that includes a carriage entry and six-pane sash windows.
At the rear, the building has ranges made from similar materials, including a two-storey service range that was extended around 1830 with another two-storey, three-window range, which has flat stone arches over a 20th-century door and casement windows. Inside, there are 19th-century features, including dog-leg stairs with stick balusters leading to the rear.
Local climate
Fleece Hotel 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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