4, Ship Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A Early Modern House.

4, Ship Street

WRENN ID
keen-sill-rain
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
Period
Early Modern
OS grid reference
SP 513 063
Coordinates
51.75376, -1.25774
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 4 Ship Street is an early 18th century house that stands three stories tall and features stucco exterior with cellars and a Welsh slate roof, which includes an attic dormer. The roof has two 19th century sash windows with glazing bars. This building is part of a group that includes the Church of St Michael on Cornmarket Street and Nos 1 to 6 (consecutive) and 8 to 16 (consecutive) Ship Street.

Local climate

4, Ship 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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