The Plough Inn is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Inn. 1 related planning application.
The Plough Inn
- WRENN ID
- high-clay-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Plough Inn, High Street, Finstock, OX7 3BY
- OS grid reference
- SP 361 161
- Coordinates
- 51.8426, -1.47649
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Plough Inn is a house that has been converted into an inn, dated 1772, with late 18th century or early 19th century additions and further alterations made in the late 20th century. It is constructed from roughly squared and coursed limestone with stone dressings and features a thatched roof. The building has a two-unit plan with additions on both the left and right sides, which can be seen from the straight joint on the right.
It stands two storeys tall, with a one-storey addition to the left. The inn has integral brick end stacks and a three-window front, featuring segmental-headed wooden casements with stone voussoirs and cills. The ground-floor windows are fitted with beaded flush-panelled shutters. The doorway is located between the first and second windows from the left and consists of a pair of 20th-century two-panelled doors beneath a flat arch with a raised keystone that is dated.
The one-storey addition to the left has a truncated stone ridge stack, and its openings were altered in the 20th century. Inside, the layout has been opened out; it was previously a through passage with rooms on either side. The interior features chamfered spine beams and plain joists, along with an inglenook fireplace in the right-hand ground-floor room.
Local climate
The Plough Inn receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
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