Walrus House is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. House. 3 related planning applications.
Walrus House
- WRENN ID
- gentle-joist-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Walrus House, 156, High Street, Burford, OX18 4QY
- OS grid reference
- SP 250 120
- Coordinates
- 51.80664, -1.63742
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Walrus House is a house, possibly originally including the adjacent Hillsleigh property. It is probably of mediaeval origin, but the front was remodelled in the late 19th century. The construction is of rubble with a Cotswold stone roof, and features a large, partly ashlar stack on the right side. The house has two storeys and attics, with two gabled dormers. The front features two windows; these are glazing-bar sash windows with chamfered wooden lintels on the first floor, and a glazing-bar shop window on the ground floor. A plain entry is located on the left side. The front of the building has been significantly altered in the last 100 years. Two end pieces of timber visible within the wall may suggest a former timber frame or jetty.
Local climate
Walrus House 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 — 7 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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