2-8, STERT STREET (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1971. A 18th century Commercial building. 2 related planning applications.

2-8, STERT STREET (See details for further address information)

WRENN ID
sunken-hearth-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 December 1971
Type
Commercial building
Period
18th century
Address
2-8, STERT STREET (See details for further address information), 20 and 21, Market Place, Abingdon on Thames, OX14 3HA
OS grid reference
SU 498 970
Coordinates
51.67037, -1.28112
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building, located at 2-8 Stert Street, has a core that dates back to the 18th century and features a timber frame with a later stucco front elevation. The sides are roughly rendered, and it has a tile roof with a parapet and a heavy moulded cornice. A dentil cornice and moulded frieze are supported by four Doric pilasters. The building has two windows with wood architraves, and the top storey features modern casements, while the first floor has a frieze and cornice. The ground floor has been altered for modern shops. The rear of the premises faces Stert Street. Nos. 14 to 21 form a group with this building.

Local climate

2-8, STERT STREET (See details for further address information) 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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