Melbourne House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1974. House. 1 related planning application.
Melbourne House
- WRENN ID
- scattered-cornice-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Melbourne House, 57, Market Place, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2AA
- OS grid reference
- SU 759 825
- Coordinates
- 51.537, -0.90701
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Melbourne House is an 18th-century building located on the south side of Market Place. It features a red brick facade with a stucco ground floor, a brick eaves cornice, and an old tiled roof that is hipped at the east end. The building stands three storeys tall and has four windows, which are sashes set in cased frames with single glazing bars. There is a band above the ground floor. The entrance includes a 19th-century six-panelled door, with an additional door located at the rear on the east side. Melbourne House is part of a group that includes Nos 35 to 63 (odd), the Town Hall, Nos 50 and 52, and Nos 62 to 66 (even).
Local climate
Melbourne House 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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