Carfax Tower Tower of the Church of St Martin Carfax is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. Church tower. 1 related planning application.
Carfax Tower Tower of the Church of St Martin Carfax
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-finial-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1954
- Type
- Church tower
- OS grid reference
- SP 513 061
- Coordinates
- 51.75196, -1.25815
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Carfax Tower is the tower of the Church of St Martin, located at Carfax. The church was rebuilt between 1820 and 1822 by John Ploman, but the west tower, which is likely from the 14th century and may include some Saxon work, was retained. The tower was restored in 1896 by Sir T G Jackson, who added buttresses and a turret. It features a notable clock with animated figures that strike the hours. The tower serves as the western end of the High Street.
Local climate
Carfax Tower Tower of the Church of St Martin Carfax 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- 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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