25 Holywell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A C17 House.
25 Holywell Street
- WRENN ID
- high-dormer-kestrel
- 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 517 065
- Coordinates
- 51.75511, -1.25192
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
25 Holywell Street is a house that likely dates back to the 17th century but has undergone alterations. It is three stories high, constructed with stuccoed timber framing resting on a stone plinth, and features cellars. The building has a moulded eaves cornice and a parapet, with an overhang at the first floor that also has a moulded cornice. On the ground floor, there are two three-light windows; one has casements while the other features sashes. The front doorway is framed with moulded wood and topped with a scroll-bracketed hood. The first and second floors each have two bay windows with double sashes, all set in moulded wood frames.
Adjacent to this house on the north is a smaller two-story rubble house that likely dates from the 16th to 17th century. This building has modern brick coping and a Welsh slate roof, which includes a dormer with a two-light casement window. It features two brick stacks and on the ground floor facing north, there is a four-light stone-framed window with moulded mullions and a transom. To the east of this window is a recessed opening with a four-centred head, which is probably a blocked doorway, topped with a square label. On the first floor facing north, there is another four-light stone mullioned and transomed window. The roughcast west gable end has a projecting stack, while the northeast gable is patched in brick and contains a three-light stone mullioned window. This smaller building is also included in the Grade II listing.
Inside the house to the north, there are features from the 17th century, including panelling, doors, and a fireplace. All the listed buildings on the north side of Holywell Street form a cohesive group.
Local climate
25 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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