40, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. House.
40, High Street
- WRENN ID
- bitter-flint-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- 40, High Street, Wheatley
- OS grid reference
- SP 594 057
- Coordinates
- 51.74741, -1.13985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 40 High Street is a house dating from the early to mid-18th century. It is constructed of colourwashed limestone rubble with squared quoins and features timber lintels. The roof is covered with old plain tiles and has brick gable stacks. The building has a two-unit plan that has been extended to three units. It stands two storeys high and has a three-window front. There is a blocked door to the right of the center, flanked by two-light casements from the earlier section. An added bay to the left contains the current entrance, with two-light casements on the left and at the first floor. All the casements are from the 20th century. The interior has not been inspected. This house is included for its group value.
Local climate
40, 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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