Buttercoombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1987. Farmhouse.

Buttercoombe Farmhouse

WRENN ID
stubborn-terrace-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Buttercoombe Farmhouse, A361, Swerford
OS grid reference
SP 380 302
Coordinates
51.96936, -1.44817
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Buttercoombe Farmhouse is an early 18th-century farmhouse constructed from coursed squared marlstone, featuring some wooden lintels. It has a shingle roof with ashlar gable stacks and is designed in a T-plan. The building is two storeys high and has a symmetrical two-window front, which includes a central plank door set within a 20th-century conservatory. The outer bays are fitted with 3-light casements. At the rear, there is a long two-window wing that also has 3-light casements, a blocked door on the left side, and flanking outshuts. Inside, there is a large fireplace that includes a blacked bread oven.

Local climate

Buttercoombe Farmhouse 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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