53-55, Holywell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1969. Houses. 1 related planning application.
53-55, Holywell Street
- WRENN ID
- twisted-keep-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1969
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- 53-55, Holywell Street, OX1 3SD
- OS grid reference
- SP 516 065
- Coordinates
- 51.75499, -1.25323
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 53 to 55 on Holywell Street are a pair of houses that form one building, likely dating back to the 17th century, although they have been significantly altered and modernized. The structure is three stories tall and built of ashlar stone, with cellars and a decorative moulded band at each floor level. This band features double sash windows set in modern stone mullioned frames. On the west side, there is a roughcast gable that includes a modern three-light casement window, and behind the parapet at this end, a gabled dormer from an earlier house can be seen. The east gable end is also roughcast, while the back of the building, facing south, is finished in modern red brick. All the listed buildings on the south side of Holywell Street are part of a group.
Local climate
53-55, Holywell 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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