16, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. House, shop. 6 related planning applications.

16, High Street

WRENN ID
scattered-solder-wagtail
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
16, High Street, OX1 4DB
OS grid reference
SP 514 062
Coordinates
51.7523, -1.2563
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 16 on High Street is a house and shop built around 1773. It is similar in style to Nos 12-15. The building is three stories tall, constructed from ashlar stone, and features a moulded parapet. The roof is covered with Welsh slate and includes two modern dormers. On the first floor, there are three sash windows along with a three-light stone-framed window that has a pediment above it. The entrance archway, which leads to the market, has a stone balustraded head. The shopfront was updated in 1963. This building is part of a group of listed buildings on the north side of the street.

Local climate

16, High 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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