Tallows is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. House, shop.
Tallows
- WRENN ID
- kindled-spandrel-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- Tallows, 20, Couching Street, Watlington
- OS grid reference
- SU 688 943
- Coordinates
- 51.64401, -1.00566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tallows is a house and shop, now functioning solely as a house, built around 1833. It features header bond grey brick with red brick dressings and a gabled Welsh slate roof, along with a brick stack on the left end. The building has a double-depth plan and stands two storeys tall with a three-window range. There are segmental arches over the four-panelled doors that flank an elliptical-arched shop window filled with small panes. The first floor has segmental arches over 20th-century two-light casements. Red brick storey bands display the words "TALLOW KITCHEN CHANDLER" painted in black, and the eaves are dentilled. The interior has not been inspected, but it is noted for having an immaculately preserved shop front from 1833.
Local climate
Tallows sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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