39, Holywell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. House, shop.

39, Holywell Street

WRENN ID
forgotten-alcove-azure
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
OS grid reference
SP 515 065
Coordinates
51.75508, -1.25406
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

39 Holywell Street is a house and shop that features an 18th to 19th century front on an earlier building that likely has a 17th century core. The structure is two stories tall and constructed from stuccoed rubble, with cellars beneath. It has a projecting moulded eaves cornice and a parapet, behind which are two attic dormers covered by a Welsh slate roof. The chimney stacks are made of brick. The ground floor includes a double shop front, while the first floor has four tall sash windows set in moulded wood frames with cornices, all featuring glazing bars. The building was altered in 1971. It is part of a group of listed buildings on the north side of Holywell Street.

Local climate

39, 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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