Nether Worton House is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1956. Manor house. 2 related planning applications.
Nether Worton House
- WRENN ID
- sunken-pillar-wind
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1956
- Type
- Manor house
- Address
- Nether Worton House, OX7 7AP
- OS grid reference
- SP 425 300
- Coordinates
- 51.96751, -1.38239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nether Worton House is a manor house dating from 1653, with possible earlier elements, and was extended around 1920. It is constructed from coursed squared marlstone with mostly limestone-ashlar dressings and features artificial stone-slate roofs with ashlar stacks. The house has a four-unit plan that has been extended to form a U-shape and stands two storeys plus an attic.
The front facade has outer bays that are battlemented and project forward, displaying a four-window arrangement with three tiers of three- and four-light stone-mullioned windows, all beneath stepped gable parapets. The left gable window consists of three lights with transoms and matches the first-floor windows of the central bays. A 20th-century single-storey corridor connects the projecting bays and includes a gabled central porch with a re-set datestone inscribed "D/WE/1653". The roof features end stacks and a large four-shaft stack located to the left of the center.
On both sides, 20th-century wings extend, with the right wing projecting to the front and the left wing linking to a low outbuilding range to create a forecourt. The rear of the house, which remains unaltered, has a five-window arrangement with stone mullioned and transomed windows on both floors, along with smaller mullioned windows in the gabled outer bays. There are also two-window lower flanking wings that match the main style.
Inside, the ground floor features stop-chamfered beams, while the first floor includes some stop-chamfered joists, re-used 17th-century oak panelling, and two chamfered-stone fireplaces (one square-headed and the other basket-arched). A beam in the left crosswing has an elaborate chamfer stop that incorporates a bar. The cross wings are supported by A-frame trusses with butt and trenched purlins. The main roof has two rows of butt purlins, pegged rafters, and cambered collars.
Local climate
Nether Worton House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 2 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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