Island House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. A C19 Former mill house. 1 related planning application.
Island House
- WRENN ID
- calm-cobalt-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Former mill house
- Address
- Island House, High Street, Burford, OX18 4RR
- OS grid reference
- SP 251 124
- Coordinates
- 51.81041, -1.63674
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Island House is a former mill house dating from the early to mid-19th century. The east block is constructed of coursed and squared rubble with raised quoins and offset courses at the eaves, while the west block is made of rubble that may have been intended to be plastered over. The building features a Cotswold stone roof that is hipped to the east and has a basic 'L' plan. It stands two storeys tall with an attic. The south front has three gabled dormers and windows arranged in a 3:1 pattern; the right-hand window is framed in a raised flat cockbeaded architrave with a keystone, while the left-hand window is mid-19th century with segmental heads. There is a wide segmental archway to the right of centre, which now functions as a door and window. The east return has one bay with a gabled dormer, and the right-hand part serves as a screen wall. A rear wing is also present.
Local climate
Island House 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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- 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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