18, Merton Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. House.

18, Merton Street

WRENN ID
carved-gable-elder
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
OS grid reference
SP 518 061
Coordinates
51.75169, -1.24981
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 18 on Merton Street is a house located on a corner site, likely built in the 19th century. It has three stories with a stuccoed front, featuring a moulded cornice at the eaves. The roof is a mansard style covered with Welsh slate, and there are brick stacks. The building has decorative bands at both the first and second floors. There are three modern sash windows set in stuccoed reveals, which include small grilles resting on stone cills. This property is part of a group that includes Nos 13 to 18.

Local climate

18, Merton 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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