29a, Castle Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1977. Residential.
29a, Castle Street
- WRENN ID
- over-baluster-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1977
- Type
- Residential
- OS grid reference
- SP 510 060
- Coordinates
- 51.75097, -1.26179
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
29A Castle Street is a building that consists of two distinct parts. The left side is likely from the 18th century but may date back to the late 17th century. It has a timber frame that is rendered and features two storeys and an attic, with one window and a 19th-century shopfront. Above the shopfront, there is a sash window with glazing bars. The roof is slate with one gabled dormer. Inside, some timber framing with light scantling and curved braces is visible.
The right side of the building is from the early 19th century. It is also rendered and has three storeys, with one window featuring sashes and glazing bars in flush frames above a 19th-century shopfront. The roof is hipped and covered with slate.
Local climate
29a, Castle 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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