Strongs House is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. A Late 17th century House.
Strongs House
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-lead-wax
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Period
- Late 17th century
- Address
- Strongs House, Taynton
- OS grid reference
- SP 232 136
- Coordinates
- 51.82092, -1.66422
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Strong's House is a house dated 1676, as indicated by the datestone above the central door. It is constructed of coursed squared stone and features a stone slate roof with coped gables and stone end stacks. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a two-window range. The central entrance has a 20th-century panelled door framed by a moulded stone surround. On either side of the door, there are three-light stone mullion windows with continuous hood moulds. The first floor also has three-light stone mullion windows to the left and right, each with a continuous hood mould. The coped cross-gables on both sides have decorative finials and contain two-light stone mullion windows with hood moulds.
To the left, there is a wing from the 17th century, made of coursed stone with a stone slate roof. This wing has a stone ridge stack to the left of centre and an end stack to the right. It is a single storey with an attic and features an irregular window arrangement. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, Strong's House was built by Thomas Strong, who was Sir Christopher Wren's master mason at St. Paul's Cathedral, as noted in an anonymous undated guidebook titled "The Book of Taynton."
Local climate
Strongs House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% 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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