Bala Racing Limited is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1949. A C16 Shop. 1 related planning application.

Bala Racing Limited

WRENN ID
under-pier-cream
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1949
Type
Shop
Address
Bala Racing Limited, 6, St Mary's Street, Wallingford, OX10 0EL
OS grid reference
SU 607 894
Coordinates
51.60061, -1.12415
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bala Racing Limited is a house that was formerly a public house, now serving as a betting shop. It likely dates from the mid-16th century, with alterations made in the 19th century and 20th-century shop windows added to the ground floor. The building features a rendered ground floor, probably on timber framing, and a roughcast first floor, also on timber framing. It has an old plain-tile cross-gabled roof with brick end stacks. The structure is two stories high and has a two-window range. A 20th-century glazed door is located at the center, with shop windows to the left and right of the center. To the left, there is a plank studded door with a wooden Tudor-arched doorway, which includes a Tudor rose in the left spandrel and a cartouche in the right spandrel. The first floor has 19th-century three-light casements. The building features two jettied cross-gables supported by moulded flattened Tudor-arched beams, each with carved and moulded pendants at the ends. The interior has not been inspected but is likely to be of interest. Historically, this building was known as the White Hart Inn and was owned by John Clack in 1561.

Local climate

Bala Racing Limited 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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