Majors is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 June 1988. House, restaurant.

Majors

WRENN ID
cold-sill-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 June 1988
Type
House, restaurant
Address
Majors, 16, Cornmarket, Thame
OS grid reference
SP 706 058
Coordinates
51.74682, -0.97774
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Majors is a house that has been converted into a restaurant and dwelling. It features a front dating from the late 18th century, possibly added to an earlier structure. The building has a rendered brick plinth and is constructed of red brick with flared headers in Flemish bond. It has an old plain-tile roof and a rendered brick end stack on the left side. The house is two stories high and has a two-window range.

On the left, there is a sash door with a painted moulded architrave surround and cornice. To the right, there is a 12-pane unhorned sash window, also with a painted moulded architrave surround and cornice. There is an unhorned tripartite sash window with glazing bars, featuring a moulded surround with a segmental arched head and keystone in the center. A rendered fascia strip runs between the ground and first floors. The upper floor has two 12-pane unhorned sash windows, each with painted moulded architrave surrounds and cornices. The building is topped with a plain parapet that has a moulded stone coping. The interior has been converted into a 20th-century restaurant on the ground floor.

Local climate

Majors 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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