12, 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.
12, Holywell Street
- WRENN ID
- watchful-cloister-indigo
- 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
- 12, Holywell Street, OX1 3SA
- OS grid reference
- SP 518 065
- Coordinates
- 51.75508, -1.25074
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 12 Holywell Street is a house that likely dates from the 17th to 18th century, although it has been altered over time. The building is three stories tall and features a stuccoed timber frame with cellars. It has a slight overhang at the first floor, a moulded eaves cornice, a small parapet, and a yellow brick chimney stack. The front has two sash windows set in moulded wood frames, which include modillioned architraves and glazing bars. There is an early 19th-century doorframe. At the back, there are modern yellow brick extensions. This building is part of a group of listed buildings on the north side of Holywell Street.
Local climate
12, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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