23, South Parade is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. Villa. 2 related planning applications.

23, South Parade

WRENN ID
shifting-banister-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Villa
Address
23, South Parade, OX2 7JN
OS grid reference
SP 505 090
Coordinates
51.77821, -1.26853
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

23 South Parade, built in 1824 and originally known as Lark Hill, is a two-storey stuccoed villa. It features a band at the first floor, a hipped roof covered with Welsh slate, and stuccoed chimney stacks. The ground floor has two sash windows with shutters, while the first floor has three sash windows. A notable feature is the pedimented porch supported by two columns. On the north side, there is a lantern with sash windows in the roof, and a doorway with a scroll-bracketed pediment situated between two projecting bays on the ground floor.

Local climate

23, South Parade 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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