Magistrates Court is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 June 1988. Court. 3 related planning applications.
Magistrates Court
- WRENN ID
- plain-arch-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 June 1988
- Type
- Court
- Address
- Magistrates Court, 79, High Street, Thame, OX9 3AE
- OS grid reference
- SP 704 061
- Coordinates
- 51.74927, -0.98096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Magistrates Court, built around 1861, is located on Thame High Street. This single-storey building is designed in the Italianate style and constructed from red brick with a slate hipped roof. It features panelled brick end stacks and additional brick stacks at the rear. The court has a four-bay range arranged in a 1:2:1 pattern, with brick rusticated pilasters at both ends and on either side of the two central bays. The front is arcaded, and there is a six-panel door to the left of the centre, complete with a fanlight and a recessed surround. All openings are fitted with bordered horned round-headed sash windows that have recessed surrounds, moulded brick round arches, keystones, and moulded stone impost bands. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Magistrates Court 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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