7 and 8, Oriel Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. House.
7 and 8, Oriel Street
- WRENN ID
- eternal-soffit-blackthorn
- 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 515 061
- Coordinates
- 51.75196, -1.25402
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 7 and 8 on Oriel Street are early 18th-century houses that stand as a three-storeyed, plastered timber-framed building with cellars and attics. The ground floor features a continuous cornice with modillions and two door frames that are moulded in the 19th century. There are four sash windows set in moulded wood frames. At the top, two large attic dormers each contain six casement lights. Inside No 8, a first-floor room showcases 18th-century panelling. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 7 on the east part of Oriel Square and Nos 1 to 10 and No 12 on Oriel Street.
Local climate
7 and 8, Oriel 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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