16, James Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1974. A Victorian Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

16, James Street

WRENN ID
watchful-iron-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford East MP: Anneliese Dodds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 October 1974
Type
Cottage
Period
Victorian
Address
16, James Street, OX4 1ET
OS grid reference
SP 526 055
Coordinates
51.74648, -1.23903
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early to mid-19th century double-fronted red brick cottage located on James Street. It is two storeys high with three windows, each featuring sash windows with glazing bars. The central entrance has a rectangular light above the door. The roof is slate covered. A plaque commemorates that William Morris, Lord Nuffield, resided here from 1893 to 1904, and that the property served as his bicycle workshop and showroom, as well as the location where he constructed his first bicycle in 1893.

Local climate

16, James 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
  • 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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