The Old Court and Railings in Front is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1990. Former police station. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Court and Railings in Front
- WRENN ID
- distant-clay-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1990
- Type
- Former police station
- Address
- The Old Court and Railings in Front, 164, High Street, Burford, OX18 4QY
- OS grid reference
- SP 250 120
- Coordinates
- 51.80639, -1.63755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Court is a former police station, dating to 1869, designed by William Wilkinson. It is constructed from rough-faced coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, and has a tiled roof with end chimneys of rough-faced rubble. The building is in a Tudor vernacular style. It is two storeys high, with a string course above the ground floor. The central rebated Tudor arched doorway is painted out. There are three windows on the front elevation; the upper floor has plate-glass sash windows with chamfered mullions, with taller two-light windows indicating the former courtroom location. The ground floor windows are three-light plate-glass sashes. Flat-topped front railings are set on a stepped boundary wall. The interior has been largely altered. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
The Old Court and Railings in Front 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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