Laurences is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. House. 4 related planning applications.
Laurences
- WRENN ID
- late-marble-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- Laurences, Nottingham Fee, Blewbury, OX11 9PG
- OS grid reference
- SU 529 856
- Coordinates
- 51.56746, -1.23697
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, dated 1548 to the left return. It is constructed with a rendered plinth, small timber framing with rendered infill, and a thatched roof, featuring a brick ridge stack in the centre. The main block is two storeys high and has a two-window front. A three-light wooden casement window is located on the ground floor to the left, and a two-light wooden casement is to the right. The first floor has a three-light casement with leaded lights to the left, and a two-light casement with leaded lights to the right. A plank door is situated on the left return. A single-storey extension, likely constructed of cob, extends to the right end, and is also thatched. The interior has not been inspected. The property also includes a reference to a former name "The Laurences, Watery Lane."
Local climate
Laurences 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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