Town Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. A Post-Medieval Town hall. 8 related planning applications.
Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- empty-tower-indigo
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Town hall
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- Town Hall, High Street, Watlington
- OS grid reference
- SU 689 944
- Coordinates
- 51.645, -1.00458
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Hall in Watlington was built in 1665 for Thomas Stonor. It features a later 17th century or early 18th century one-bay extension at the rear right. The building is constructed of random bond brick with an old tile roof and a brick stack. Originally designed in a T-plan, it has been modified to an L-plan with a short rear wing to the right of the front. The structure stands two storeys tall with an attic.
The left gable wall has a hood-mould over a toothed round-arch supported by moulded imposts. On the first floor, there is a three-light brick-mullioned window with an ovolo-moulded design and a round-arched central light, while the second floor features a two-light brick-mullioned ovolo-moulded window. The right gable wall is similar, and the rear left gable wall has a clock above a blocked window. The two-storey left side wall is also notable.
All ground-floor entrances are fitted with 20th-century iron gates. The original 1665 building includes a moulded string course and a stepped eaves course. The roof is gabled with a ridge stack and a bell cupola topped with a weathercock on a hipped roof. Although the interior was not inspected, it is known that the first floor was used by the Watlington Free Grammar School, and the partly-open ground floor served as a market.
Local climate
Town Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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 2023
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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