John Hampden School is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. School. 2 related planning applications.

John Hampden School

WRENN ID
scattered-ember-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 April 1951
Type
School
Address
John Hampden School, 69, Park Street, Thame, OX9 3HU
OS grid reference
SP 710 054
Coordinates
51.74347, -0.97169
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

John Hampden School is a school building dated 1837, as indicated by the slate tablets on the central block that read "Royal British Schools MDCCCXXXVII." The structure is made of squared coursed stone and features a hipped slate roof on the central section, with hipped slate roofs on the wings at either end. There are rendered end stacks on the central block and a wooden bell turret located at the ridge of the central block.

The building is two stories tall with a three-window central block and single-story wings on both sides, each also featuring three windows. The central block has a six-panel part-glazed door at its center, which is framed by a stone flat arch with a keystone above it. The windows in the central block are four-pane horned sashes, each with flat stone arches and keystones. The wings contain 16-pane horned sashes. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

John Hampden School 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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