Herringbones is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. A C17 House. 1 related planning application.

Herringbones

WRENN ID
haunted-render-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1951
Type
House
Address
Herringbones, High Street, Whitchurch-On-Thames, RG8 7ET
OS grid reference
SU 634 773
Coordinates
51.49177, -1.08708
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Herringbones is a 17th-century house located on the east side of High Street in Whitchurch. It is constructed of red brick with a plain tile roof and features a brick stack at the rear. The building has two storeys and a two-window range, with casements at all openings. The left side of the house has timber framing with herringbone brick infill. There is a plank door on the left, and the gable is jettied with tile hanging. The interior has not been inspected. To the right, there is a subsidiary single-storey wing.

Local climate

Herringbones 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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