1 and 2, Ship Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. House, shops. 1 related planning application.
1 and 2, Ship Street
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-tower-pearl
- 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, shops
- Address
- 1 and 2, Ship Street, OX1 3DA
- OS grid reference
- SP 513 063
- Coordinates
- 51.75371, -1.258
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 and 2 Ship Street is a house and shops dating from the early 18th century. The building is constructed of plastered rubble and features cellars, a stone eaves cornice, and two attic dormers beneath a Welsh slate roof. Number 1 has one blocked sash window, one original 18th-century sash window, and one additional sash window on the first and second floors. The ground floor includes similar windows and a doorway with a rectangular fanlight. Number 2 has a modern shop front, with two 19th-century sash windows on the first and second floors. This building is part of a group that includes the Church of St Michael and Nos 1 to 6 and 8 to 16.
Local climate
1 and 2, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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