The Old White House Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Public house. 3 related planning applications.

The Old White House Public House

WRENN ID
drifting-jade-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford East MP: Anneliese Dodds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1972
Type
Public house
Address
The Old White House Public House, Abingdon Road, OX1 4PD
OS grid reference
SP 514 052
Coordinates
51.74385, -1.2562
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old White House Public House, dated 1897 and designed by H T Hare, is located on the west side of Abingdon Road. The building features a rendered and painted exterior with a stone ground floor. It has a three-bay front, with the central bay projecting over a porch. The ground floor is accented by stone quoins, and there are six-light mullioned windows on either side of the door. Above, there are three-light windows, with a six-light window over the porch, all featuring leaded lattices. The round-headed doorway is complemented by a central gable adorned with modillions and a date plaque. The roof is tiled.

Local climate

The Old White House Public House 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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