3, Cornmarket Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A C15 House, shop. 3 related planning applications.
3, Cornmarket Street
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-lime-plover
- 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, shop
- Address
- 3, Cornmarket Street, OX1 3EX
- OS grid reference
- SP 513 062
- Coordinates
- 51.75229, -1.25765
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 3 on Cornmarket Street is a house and shop with a core dating back to the 15th century. It has an additional top storey, likely added in the 17th century. The building was refronted in the 18th century and underwent alterations in 1934, during which the small south wing was rebuilt. The modern façade features four storeys of stucco with cellars, bands at the second and third floors, and a cornice with modillions. The ground floor has a modern shop front, while each floor includes four sash windows with glazing bars. The original structure is timber-framed.
Inside, the building contains a notable painted room on the north side of the second floor, which features late 16th-century wall paintings created between 1564 and 1581, a 16th-century fireplace, and panelling from the 16th and early 17th centuries. Historically, William Davenant, a friend of Shakespeare and a vintner, lived here in June 1603, and the house became known as the Crown Inn in 1666.
Nos 1 to 3 (consecutive), 5, and 8 to 10 (consecutive) along with Nos 1 to 3 on High Street form a group.
Local climate
3, Cornmarket 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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