Rowells House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1986. House. 3 related planning applications.
Rowells House
- WRENN ID
- standing-parapet-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rowells House, West Street, Chipping Norton, OX7 5EU
- OS grid reference
- SP 312 268
- Coordinates
- 51.93916, -1.5469
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rowell's House is a former farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It was rebuilt in the early 19th century, originating from an early 17th-century farmhouse. The building is constructed of ashlar stone and features a gabled stone-tiled roof with two end moulded stone stacks. It is three stories tall and has a three-window range facing the road, complete with a first-floor band and a moulded cornice. The windows are four-pane sashes, and there is a raised fielded six-panel door with a semi-circular fanlight. On the rear west front, there are two and five-light chamfered mullion windows. Inside, the entrance hall boasts a decorative paterae cornice, panelled doors with panelled reveals, and additional decorative cornices in other rooms. There is also a good early 19th-century staircase featuring cast iron balusters.
Local climate
Rowells House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% 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 — 3 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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