52, Bell Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1974. Shop. 1 related planning application.
52, Bell Street
- WRENN ID
- watchful-vault-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1974
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- 52, Bell Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BG
- OS grid reference
- SU 760 828
- Coordinates
- 51.53919, -0.90435
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
52 Bell Street is a building dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It features a facade made of painted brick with a parapet that has three brick bands. The roof is not visible. The building is two storeys high and has four windows, one of which is blank. The windows are sashes with glazing bars. The ground floor has a shop front that has been altered in the 19th century and extends across the entire width of the building. There is a cornice and entablature with an architrave and pilasters, along with panelling below the shop windows. The glazing and door have also been altered, but two large cast iron pillars remain centrally located in front of the shop windows.
This building is part of a group that includes Nos 44 to 52 (even) and Nos 60 to 64 (even), along with Nos 45, 45A, and 47, and Nos 53 to 81 (odd) opposite, as well as No 2 New Street.
Local climate
52, Bell Street 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 1 application
- 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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