Austins Greyhound Inn is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. Coaching inn, shop, dwellings.

Austins Greyhound Inn

WRENN ID
graven-entrance-pigeon
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
Coaching inn, shop, dwellings
Address
Austins Greyhound Inn, Thame
OS grid reference
SP 706 059
Coordinates
51.74793, -0.97836
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Austins Greyhound Inn is a coaching inn that has been converted into a shop and dwellings. It likely dates from the early 18th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. The building is constructed of grey brick with red brick dressings, and its roof and chimney stacks are not visible. It is three stories high and has a five-window range.

The ground floor features a 20th-century plate-glass shop front with plate-glass doors located to the left of the center. There is a carriageway to the right. A 20th-century fascia board runs between the ground and first floors. The first floor has an early 20th-century angled bay window in the center, which includes wood mullion and transom windows. On the left and right of the first floor, there are unhorned Venetian sash windows with glazing bars and rubbed brick heads. A flat brick band separates the first and second floors. The second floor has a 12-pane sash window with a brick flat head in the center, flanked by tripartite horned sashes with glazing bars and brick flat heads. At the top, there is a flat brick band at the base of a plain parapet.

Inside, the ground floor is occupied by a 20th-century shop. Historically, John Hampden died at the Greyhound Inn, which adds to the building's significance. It is included for its group value.

Local climate

Austins Greyhound Inn 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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