Hornbeam House and Tearoom is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1956. House, tearoom. 1 related planning application.

Hornbeam House and Tearoom

WRENN ID
first-loft-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1956
Type
House, tearoom
Address
Hornbeam House and Tearoom, Old Road, Great Tew, OX7 4AN
OS grid reference
SP 396 292
Coordinates
51.96031, -1.42473
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hornbeam House and Tearoom is a building that consists of former outbuildings and stables, dating from the 18th century to early 19th century, with parts possibly from the late medieval period. It was converted and extended in the late 20th century. The structure is made of coursed squared marlstone and rubble, featuring ashlar dressings, and has a Stonesfield-slate roof with a limestone-ashlar gable stack. The building forms an L-shaped range linked to a single unit around a courtyard.

The west range includes the former coach house entrance, a doorway, and a three-light casement window, while the south gable wall has a two-light stone-mullioned window. The south range, which was previously open fronted, is now infilled. A 20th-century range on the east connects to a single-unit rubble building with gable parapets and a stack, likely a former bakehouse. The entrance features an early 18th-century chamfered stone surround with a projecting keyblock, and there are three small lattice windows with chamfered surrounds, two of which open into the former open fireplace. The gable wall window has a label. The building may have early origins and contains a large ashlar bread oven. It was formerly associated with the Falkland Arms.

Local climate

Hornbeam House and Tearoom 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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