Abbey National is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 October 1969. House, shop. 2 related planning applications.
Abbey National
- WRENN ID
- dusted-chamber-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 October 1969
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- Abbey National, 83, High Street, Banbury, OX16 5JG
- OS grid reference
- SP 456 405
- Coordinates
- 52.06185, -1.33572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbey National is a house and shop located at No. 14 Banbury Market Place, which also includes No. 83 High Street. It dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century and is constructed of brick with a stucco front. The building features a 20th-century gambrel tile roof and brick end stacks. It stands three storeys high plus an attic and has a three-window range. The ground floor has a 20th-century shop front, while the first floor showcases three sash windows with margin lights, each surrounded by moulded stone with moulded cornices. The second floor has three similar windows, and there are 20th-century windows in the attic. The building also has imitation rusticated quoins and a parapet.
Local climate
Abbey National 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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