Osler House is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. House. 5 related planning applications.

Osler House

WRENN ID
empty-lancet-sage
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
House
Address
Osler House, Woodstock Road, OX2 6HG
OS grid reference
SP 509 071
Coordinates
51.76091, -1.26321
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Osler House, formerly known as the Observer's House, is a late 18th-century building designed by Henry Keene. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features two storeys with an attic. The façade includes three sash windows with glazing bars and a central rusticated doorway. The building is topped with a hipped tiled roof that is set behind a low parapet with a cornice, and there is a central stone stack.

Local climate

Osler House 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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