The Darling is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1988. House.
The Darling
- WRENN ID
- ruined-joist-khaki
- 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
- The Darling, Rousham
- OS grid reference
- SP 474 238
- Coordinates
- 51.9108, -1.31221
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Darling is a house built in the mid-18th century, with later alterations. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features a gabled Welsh slate roof, along with 18th-century brick end stacks. The building has an L-shaped plan with a rear right wing and stands two storeys tall, presenting a three-window range. A timber lintel supports a 19th-century plank door that is topped with a bracketed pediment hood. The windows are 20th-century casements, also with timber lintels. There is a one-storey bay with a hipped stone slate roof. The rear wing includes flat stone arches above a 20th-century door and windows. Inside, there is a chamfered beam on the left and a cased beam on the right, along with 18th-century plank doors on the first floor.
Local climate
The Darling sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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