Bishop's House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1951. A Post-Medieval House.
Bishop's House
- WRENN ID
- white-panel-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1951
- Type
- House
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- Bishop's House, 55, New Street, Henley-On-Thames
- OS grid reference
- SU 762 828
- Coordinates
- 51.53917, -0.90148
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishop's House, located at No 55 on New Street, dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century. It is constructed of silver grey brick with red brick dressings, which include window arches and a string course made of rubbed red brickwork. The building features stone window sills and a heavy moulded wooden modillion cornice. The roof is steeply pitched and covered with old tiles.
The house has two storeys and an attic, with two dormers that have moulded pediments and contemporary leaded casements. There are six windows, all 18th century sashes with glazing bars; the first-floor windows have flush frames. The doorway is slightly recessed and has a moulded architrave, topped with a pedimented door hood, likely a replacement, supported by engraved scroll brackets. The entrance includes a good 10-panelled door.
Bishop's House is part of a group that includes Nos 37 to 43 (odd), White Cottage, the Malthouse of Henley Brewery, Nos 51 to 55 (odd), Wattle Cottage, and Nos 84 to 88 (even), as well as No 29 Thameside.
Local climate
Bishop's 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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