Powerhouse Music is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1970. Shop, outbuilding. 4 related planning applications.
Powerhouse Music
- WRENN ID
- distant-belfry-autumn
- 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, outbuilding
- Address
- Powerhouse Music, 1 and 1a, Cornmarket, Thame
- OS grid reference
- SP 706 059
- Coordinates
- 51.74745, -0.97791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Powerhouse Music is a shop and outbuilding, now comprising two shops, possibly dating from the 14th, 16th, or 17th century, with an 18th-century addition to the front. The ground floor is roughcast, likely over brick, while the first floor has a rendered finish, probably on timber framing. The building features an old plain-tile gabled roof with the gable end facing the main front, and a 20th-century plain-tile hipped lean-to roof over the 18th-century front addition. It has two storeys and an attic, with a two-window front range.
The 19th-century shop front on the ground floor includes a central glazed door flanked by bay windows, with a flat hood between the ground and first floors. The first floor has two 12-pane unhorned sash windows with painted wood architrave surrounds. A 4-pane casement window is located in the gabled end of the attic. The rear of the building is constructed of red brick with flared headers in Flemish bond and features an old plain-tile roof with a gable end. It has two storeys and an attic, with a single-window front. There is a 20th-century sash door to the left and a 20th-century shop window to the right. The first floor has a 3-light wood casement window with a segmental brick head, and the attic features a 2-light wood casement window with a segmental brick head. Inside, there are two cruck trusses.
Local climate
Powerhouse Music 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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