Bishop's Palace is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. House. 2 related planning applications.
Bishop's Palace
- WRENN ID
- stranded-buttress-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bishop's Palace, Moorend Lane, Thame, OX9 3BQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 707 062
- Coordinates
- 51.75008, -0.97603
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bishop's Palace is a house likely dating from the early 17th century, with a wing possibly from the 16th century. It is constructed of timber framing with rendered infill, featuring a roof covered in old plain tiles, and a brick ridge stack positioned centrally. The building is two storeys high and has a four-window front. A plank door is set within a gabled porch in the centre of the building. The windows are irregular casements. The left side of the ground floor is jettied, with a cross-gable above at attic level. The roof has a queen post truss at the right gable end. The wing incorporates cruck construction internally.
Local climate
Bishop's Palace 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 77% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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