13, Upper High Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. Townhouse. 5 related planning applications.
13, Upper High Street
- WRENN ID
- sacred-granite-summer
- 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
- Townhouse
- Address
- 13, Upper High Street, Thame, OX9 3ER
- OS grid reference
- SP 708 058
- Coordinates
- 51.74653, -0.97571
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 13 Upper High Street is a townhouse that has been converted into offices. It dates from the early 18th century, with alterations made in the late 20th century. The building features a rendered plinth and red brick construction with flared headers in Flemish bond. It has an old plain-tile roof and brick stacks at both ends. The structure is two storeys high with an attic and has a five-window range.
The central entrance has a 18th-century seven-panel part-glazed door, surrounded by a painted wood architrave and topped with a flat hood supported by carved scroll brackets. All window openings contain 16-pane unhorned sashes with cambered brick heads. There is a flat brick band between the ground and first floor, and a wooden dentil cornice at the eaves. The attic features three late 20th-century flat-roofed dormers with 6-pane pivoting casements.
Inside, there is a dog-leg staircase with landings and a baluster balustrade, which has been relocated to the rear of the building. The original fireplaces have been blocked, and their surrounds have been removed.
Local climate
13, Upper High Street 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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