Prudential Assurance Thornton Baker is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 October 1969. Offices.
Prudential Assurance Thornton Baker
- WRENN ID
- mired-foundation-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 October 1969
- Type
- Offices
- Address
- Prudential Assurance Thornton Baker, 32, Market Place, Banbury
- OS grid reference
- SP 457 406
- Coordinates
- 52.0623, -1.33439
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, known as Prudential Assurance Thornton Baker, is a mid-19th century office located in Banbury Market Place. It is constructed of brick and features a hipped slate roof with brick ridge and end stacks. The building stands three storeys tall with scattered fenestration and has two doorways. The angled doorway on the left has a panelled door and an Ionic doorcase, while the doorway on the right is framed by a moulded stone surround. The ground floor includes three windows, one of which is blocked, and two 2-light windows with moulded surrounds. The first and second floors mainly have 2-light windows, along with two blocked windows and two windows that feature semi-circular heads. The building is topped with a moulded eaves cornice and a parapet. The interior has not been inspected. It occupies a prominent site between the Market Place and Bridge Street.
Local climate
Prudential Assurance Thornton Baker sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% 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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