A Piece of Cake is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1970. Shop, dwelling.
A Piece of Cake
- WRENN ID
- deep-grate-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1970
- Type
- Shop, dwelling
- Address
- A Piece of Cake, 18, Upper High Street, Thame
- OS grid reference
- SP 708 057
- Coordinates
- 51.74609, -0.97502
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, known as A Piece of Cake, is a house that has been converted into a shop and dwelling. It dates from the early 17th century at the rear, with a front range from the mid-18th century and late 19th-century alterations. The shop front features a 19th-century glazed brick plinth, while the first floor is rendered, likely over brick. The building has an old plain-tile roof with a gable-end of a steeper roof visible above the ridge and a brick end stack on the right. It is two stories high with a single-window range. To the left, there is a six-panel, part-glazed door, and to the right, a four-panel part-glazed door with an overlight. In the center, there is a late 19th-century angled bay shop window with a carved wood cornice. Above, there is an angled bay at the first floor center with a wood mullion and transom window and a gable. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
A Piece of Cake 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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