85, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. House.
85, High Street
- WRENN ID
- upper-sill-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1954
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- SP 518 062
- Coordinates
- 51.75248, -1.25065
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 85 High Street is a house with a modern shop, originally built in the 17th to 18th century but altered over time, with the top floor likely being a later addition. The building is four stories tall, featuring a stuccoed timber-framed front from the 18th century, along with cellars and attics. It has a modillioned eaves cornice, a hipped roof, and brick stacks. The doorway is framed with a moulded design and has a semi-circular keystoned head. The first and second floors each have two 18th-century sash windows in moulded frames, with decorative paterae on the architraves; the windows on the first floor are complemented by small iron balconies. The third floor also has two sash windows, and above the cornice, the attic features one modern double sash window. Inside, the building includes an original staircase and original doorways. All the listed buildings on the south side of the street form a group.
Local climate
85, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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