The Carpenters Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The Carpenters Arms Public House
- WRENN ID
- sunken-lintel-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Carpenters Arms Public House, North Street, Steeple Barton, OX7 7DA
- OS grid reference
- SP 440 257
- Coordinates
- 51.92895, -1.36082
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Carpenters Arms is a public house, originally a house, dating from the mid to late 17th century. It is located on the south side of North Street, Middle Barton. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, with a gabled thatch roof. Later brick end stacks were added in the 19th century, along with a 20th-century brick end stack.
The house has a two-unit plan and is two storeys high, with a two-window front. It features timber lintels above a central 20th-century door and 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars. A late 19th-century two-story bay window with a stone slate roof is on the left side. To the left of the main range is a 17th-century section of similar materials, including a brick end stack, and a mid-19th century brick and Welsh slate traphouse to the front. A mid-19th-century two-storey bay is to the right, constructed of limestone rubble with brick dressings and a Welsh slate roof.
Inside, the building has chamfered beams. There is an open fireplace with stop-chamfered bressumer to the left of the main range. The first floor was not inspected but is believed to be of interest. The building was known as the Fleur de Luce inn in the 18th century.
Local climate
The Carpenters Arms Public House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1996
- 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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