Townsend Close is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. House.

Townsend Close

WRENN ID
tall-keep-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford East MP: Anneliese Dodds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1972
Type
House
Address
Townsend Close, Church Way
OS grid reference
SP 528 039
Coordinates
51.73182, -1.23543
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Townsend Close is an early to mid-19th century building located on Church Way. It is constructed of brick that has been rendered and painted. The building has two storeys and an attic, featuring sash windows with glazing bars set in moulded architraves, along with some casement windows. A timber trellis porch adds to its character. The eaves and gables are pedimented, and there is a timber modillion cornice beneath the slate roof.

Local climate

Townsend Close 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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