Royal Airforce Force Benson and Wallingford Boat Clubs is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1978. Houses and boat club. 4 related planning applications.
Royal Airforce Force Benson and Wallingford Boat Clubs
- WRENN ID
- cold-paling-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1978
- Type
- Houses and boat club
- Address
- Royal Airforce Force Benson and Wallingford Boat Clubs, Thames Street, OX10 0HD
- OS grid reference
- SU 608 892
- Coordinates
- 51.59846, -1.12235
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Airforce Benson and Wallingford Boat Clubs consist of a row of houses and a malthouse that has been converted into a boat club. This building dates from the mid-18th century and has undergone some alterations in the 20th century. It is constructed of red brick with flared brick headers in Flemish bond and features an old plain-tile roof. The structure has a central brick stack and a ridge stack located to the left of the center.
The building is single storey with an attic and presents a six-window range with a four-bay center flanked by cross-wings. There is a six-panel part-glazed door to the left of the left cross-wing, which is sheltered by an open timber-framed gabled porch. To the left of center, there is another six-panel part-glazed door with an open wood lattice porch. A six-panel door to the right of center has an open 20th-century timber-framed porch, while 20th-century double plank doors are situated to the right of center.
The left cross-wing features a nine-pane unhorned sash window, while the center has two-light wood casements with segmental brick heads. The right cross-wing contains three single-light 20th-century casements. There are four gabled dormers in the center, each with two-light casements. The left cross-wing has a half-hipped gable end with a ?-pane unhorned sash, and the right cross-wing has a half-hipped gable end with a two-light casement and a segmental brick head. The interior has not been inspected. The right cross-wing is part of the former malthouse range and features a louvred vent at the ridge.
Local climate
Royal Airforce Force Benson and Wallingford Boat Clubs 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
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