29 and 29a, Holywell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A C17 House.
29 and 29a, Holywell Street
- WRENN ID
- patient-basalt-hyssop
- 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
- 29 and 29a, Holywell Street, OX1 3SB
- OS grid reference
- SP 517 065
- Coordinates
- 51.75514, -1.25239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
29 and 29A Holywell Street is a house dating from the early 17th century, with 18th century additions and a refronting likely from the 18th to 19th century. It is three storeys high, with rubble in the cellars and attics in the gables. The attic floor is made of stone, while the rest is covered with late stucco. The west side features rubble, and at the back, there is a large chimney stack with a modern red brick shaft.
On the first and second floors, there is a moulded stone course. The ground floor has a dripmould and an 18th century three-light bay window in a reeded wood frame, which extends through the first and second floors. The doorway has a reeded wood frame with a rectangular fanlight above it. To the east of the bay window, there are restored two-light stone-framed casement windows on the first and second floors. In the gable, there is a three-light stone-framed window with a dripmould.
Inside, the house includes a 17th century staircase and three contemporary fireplaces. All the listed buildings on the north side of Holywell Street form a group.
Local climate
29 and 29a, 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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