Little Blenheim is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. House.
Little Blenheim
- WRENN ID
- pale-basalt-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Little Blenheim, Mill Lane, Steeple Barton
- OS grid reference
- SP 438 257
- Coordinates
- 51.92841, -1.36302
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Blenheim is a 17th-century house located on Steeple Barton Mill Lane in Middle Barton. The building is constructed from colourwashed limestone rubble and features a gabled thatch roof with late 19th-century brick end stacks. It has a two-unit plan and consists of one storey with an attic, displaying a two-window range. To the left, there is a 20th-century door with a timber lintel above it. The house also has 19th-century three-light casements with timber lintels, as well as similar half-dormer casements. Although the interior has not been inspected, it is noted to have chamfered beams and an open fireplace to the left.
Local climate
Little Blenheim receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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