48 and 49, The Square is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1956. House. 5 related planning applications.
48 and 49, The Square
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-jamb-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1956
- Type
- House
- Address
- 48 and 49, The Square, Great Tew
- OS grid reference
- SP 397 292
- Coordinates
- 51.9605, -1.42242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
48 and 49 The Square are a pair of small houses dating from the mid to late 17th century. They are constructed from coursed squared marlstone rubble and feature thatch and Welsh-slate roofs with ashlar and rendered ridge stacks. Each house has a two-unit plan with a rear outshut and stands two storeys plus an attic high.
The front of No.48, located on the left, has a two-window arrangement with a plank door and canopy situated between three-light stone-mullioned windows that have labels. The first floor features leaded three-light casements. No.49 has a combination of a two-light and a three-light mullioned window at the ground floor, with two two-light casements above. The stacks rise in the centre of each cottage.
The left gable wall includes a parapet and features mullioned windows across three floors with leaded glazing. The slated rear outshut, which faces the road, has plank doors for both houses. The interiors have not been inspected, but No.48 likely has a lobby-entry plan.
Local climate
48 and 49, The Square 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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