The Old Bell Foundry is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
The Old Bell Foundry
- WRENN ID
- tilted-keystone-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Bell Foundry, Witney Street, Burford, OX18 4RX
- OS grid reference
- SP 253 121
- Coordinates
- 51.80738, -1.6339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bell Foundry is a cottage that has been remodeled in the 20th century, likely based on an early 18th-century structure. It is built of rubble with a Cotswold stone roof and features two storeys and an attic. The building includes two gabled dormers and two windows, which are of the two-light chamfered mullion type. Access to the cottage is from the side.
Local climate
The Old Bell Foundry receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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