The Port Mahon Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. Pub. 6 related planning applications.

The Port Mahon Inn

WRENN ID
solemn-moulding-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford East MP: Anneliese Dodds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Pub
Address
The Port Mahon Inn, 82, St Clements Street, OX4 1AW
OS grid reference
SP 525 060
Coordinates
51.75046, -1.23988
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Port Mahon Inn is an early 18th-century building located on St Clement's Street. It is a three-storey structure built of rubble on a moulded stone plinth, featuring cellars and two attic dormers beneath a Welsh slate roof. The north elevation, facing the road, has six steps leading up to the front doorway, which is topped with a semi-circular stone head. On the ground floor, there are two plain sash windows set in stone frames. The first floor features two three-light 18th-century sash windows with a blind semi-circular headed window between them. Above this, there is another window that breaks through the eaves, adorned with a pediment and scrolled sides. A stone band runs above the first-floor windows, and the building has two brick chimney stacks. The attic dormers contain 19th-century sash windows.

At the southeast corner, there is a stone extension or wing with a hipped Welsh slate roof and 18th-century style sash windows, complete with stone frames, cills, and architraves. The south side has a gabled staircase projection, while the west side features modern one-storey additions. Inside, the building has been modernized but retains some original fireplaces. A drawing of the inn from the early 19th century by J.C. Buckler can be found in the Bodleian Library.

Local climate

The Port Mahon Inn 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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