35, Holywell Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. House. 1 related planning application.

35, Holywell Street

WRENN ID
buried-hearth-soot
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
Address
35, Holywell Street, OX1 3SB
OS grid reference
SP 516 065
Coordinates
51.75513, -1.2534
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 35 Holywell Street is a Grade II* listed house dated 1626. It features two storeys and is constructed of roughcast rubble and timber framing, topped with a stone slate roof that has three large dormers. A drip moulding runs along the first floor, and there is an overhang between the dormers supported by three carved and enriched grotesque brackets, with a central modern red brick chimney stack.

The ground floor has been altered in the late 18th century and includes two 3-light sash windows from the 18th to 19th centuries, with the western window being a modern replica. The front doorway has a plain modern frame with wooden pilasters and a pediment. On the first floor, there are two original 4-light oriel windows with 18th-century wooden casements, each supported by three carved and enriched brackets. The brackets of the western window bear the initials M L and A L along with the date 1626, while the eastern window features three wooden shields, two of which display a chevron between three roses along with the initials M L, A L, and the date 1626.

The side dormers have 18th-century 3-light wooden casements with sliding lights, while the windows in the central dormers are blocked and roughcast. Each dormer has moulded bargeboards that appear to be original. On the northeast side, there is a moulded stone chimney stack with a modern red brick shaft. At the back, on the north side, there is a staircase projection, two gables, and an original 2-light stone moulded and mullioned window on the first floor. This elevation has recently been covered with modern brown tile-hanging, obscuring its original appearance. To the north and east at the back, there is a two-storeyed timber-framed roughcast wing that was extended around 1700 and features two gable ends at eaves level, which is included in the listing.

The interior contains original panelling and a fireplace, along with some blocked original windows in the south wall and two early 18th-century fireplaces. All the listed buildings on the north side of Holywell Street form a group.

Local climate

35, Holywell 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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