Duchess Close is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1985. House.
Duchess Close
- WRENN ID
- sacred-joist-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Duchess Close, 3, High Street, Whitchurch-On-Thames, RG8 7EN
- OS grid reference
- SU 635 771
- Coordinates
- 51.49, -1.08605
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 3 Duchess Close is a house from the 18th century, constructed of brick with a plain tile roof and brick stacks. It is two stories high and features a three-window range. The central entrance has a sash door topped with a flat hood, and there are 2-light casements at all openings. The roof is half-hipped to the right, and there is a stack on the left side. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Duchess Close 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2002
- No related consent applications matched
- 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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