55 and 57, Bath Street is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1971. House.
55 and 57, Bath Street
- WRENN ID
- idle-chapel-hazel
- 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
- House
- Address
- 55 and 57, Bath Street, Abingdon on Thames
- OS grid reference
- SU 495 973
- Coordinates
- 51.67265, -1.28476
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 55 and 57 on Bath Street are a building with origins in the 18th century that was remodeled in the 19th century. It is timber framed and has a rough rendered exterior with a tiled roof. The building stands three storeys high and features two gables facing the road, both adorned with carved bargeboarding. A central brick chimney is present.
On the upper floors, there are two windows with two-light casements set in a flush frame, which include dripmoulds that were likely added in the 19th century, along with marginal glazing. A brick band runs between the ground and first floors. The ground floor is finished in restored random rubble and has two windows with casements set in a red brick rusticated architrave, featuring a segmental arch.
The entrance includes a panelled door with a rectangular fanlight above it, leading to a gabled porch that has a tiled roof, carved bargeboarding, and trellis work. Nos 47 to 61 (odd) form a group with this building.
Local climate
55 and 57, Bath 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 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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