Nowell House is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. A C19 School. 2 related planning applications.
Nowell House
- WRENN ID
- blind-steel-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford East MP: Anneliese Dodds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1972
- Type
- School
- Address
- Nowell House, 103, Church Way, OX4 4EG
- OS grid reference
- SP 527 036
- Coordinates
- 51.72868, -1.2376
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nowell House is a two-storied building dating from 1485. An inscription indicates it was “Mrs Sarah Nowell’s School” in 1822. The structure is constructed of rubble and has a Welsh slate hipped roof. It features two two-light casement windows. A central six-panel door is sheltered by a trellis porch. A brick pent is located at the rear of the building. Historical records indicate that in 1820, the Reverend Thomas Nowell established the school in Iffley, providing it with four shares of £100 each in the Oxford Canal.
Local climate
Nowell 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- 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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