55, The Square is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1956. House.
55, The Square
- WRENN ID
- proud-hearth-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1956
- Type
- House
- Address
- 55, The Square, Great Tew
- OS grid reference
- SP 397 293
- Coordinates
- 51.96095, -1.4224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
55 The Square is a small house dating from around 1700, with possible earlier elements. It is built of marlstone rubble and ashlar, topped with a Stonesfield-slate roof featuring limestone-ashlar gable stacks. The house has a three-unit plan and a rear outshut, consisting of one storey plus an attic.
The ashlar front has a doorway to the right of centre, which features a fielded six-panel door and a 19th-century canopy. To the right of the door is a three-light wood mullioned and transomed window, and to the left is a two-light casement, both with leaded glazing and flat arches that have projecting keyblocks. On the first floor, there are two three-light leaded gabled dormers. The left bay of the front projects and has a small casement window. The right gable wall includes a drip mould, while the left gable, which adjoins No. 56, has a parapet. At the rear, there is a full-width tiled outshut. The 19th-century stacks have plinths and moulded caps. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
55, The Square 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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