Akeman is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.
Akeman
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-pillar-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Akeman, 17, Akeman Street, Combe, OX29 8NZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 411 160
- Coordinates
- 51.84165, -1.40344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century house located on Akeman Street. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble, with a gabled stone slate roof and a brick end stack. The house originally comprised two units and features a two-story main block with an attic, presenting a two-window front. A 20th-century stone porch now shelters the entrance, with a 20th-century door. The windows are 20th-century casements set beneath timber lintels. A mid-19th century gabled roof dormer illuminates the attic space. A rear range, originally built in the mid-18th century, was remodelled in the 20th century. Inside, the house retains stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. A winder staircase rises from the first floor to the attic, and the ground floor is paved with stone flags. The roof structure includes butt purlins.
Local climate
Akeman 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 6 transactions since 2006
- 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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