The Old Bell is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1970. House.
The Old Bell
- WRENN ID
- scattered-buttress-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Bell, Thame
- OS grid reference
- SP 697 048
- Coordinates
- 51.73811, -0.99096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bell is a house dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of grey brick with red brick dressings and features a slate hipped roof with a central brick ridge stack. The building is two stories high and has a three-window range. The entrance consists of a four-panel door with an overlight and a flat hood supported by brackets. All window openings have 16-pane unhorned sashes and are topped with brick flat arches. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Bell 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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