Island Building to North West End of Street (Readers) is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1970. Chapel.
Island Building to North West End of Street (Readers)
- WRENN ID
- cold-portal-stoat
- 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
- Chapel
- Address
- Island Building to North West End of Street (Readers), Upper High Street, Thame
- OS grid reference
- SP 707 058
- Coordinates
- 51.74676, -0.97672
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building known as the Island Building, located at the north-west end of Upper High Street in Thame, was originally a chapel and is now used as offices. It dates from the mid-18th century and has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The exterior features lined render on brick, with an old plain-tile hipped roof and brick lateral stacks. The structure is two stories high and has a three-bay range, with the entrance located at the north-west end, which includes a two-storey, single-bay section. To the right of the entrance, there is a four-pane door, and to the left, a 20th-century shop window. The first floor has a two-light casement window in the center. The building has coved eaves, and the right return displays irregular fenestration with four-pane horned sashes. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Island Building to North West End of Street (Readers) 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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