Kenton Theatre is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1974. Theatre. 7 related planning applications.
Kenton Theatre
- WRENN ID
- scattered-keep-rain
- 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
- Theatre
- Address
- Kenton Theatre, 19, New Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BS
- OS grid reference
- SU 761 828
- Coordinates
- 51.53945, -0.90334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kenton Theatre, located at 19 and 21 New Street, features an early 19th-century facade made of red brick with a parapet and an old tiled roof. The building stands three storeys high and has four sash windows with glazing bars. The western ground floor is adorned with a theatre canopy, while the eastern side includes two sash windows and two doors: one is round-headed with a fanlight and a six-panelled door, and the other is round-arched over garage doors. Inside, the theatre boasts a curved gallery and a proscenium arch flanked by Corinthian pillars, topped with a broken pediment. The theatre is part of a group with the surrounding buildings on New Street, contributing to the area's historical significance.
Local climate
Kenton Theatre 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 — 7 applications
- 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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