Waste Court is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1971. Educational institution. 4 related planning applications.
Waste Court
- WRENN ID
- inner-ashlar-dock
- 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
- Educational institution
- Address
- Waste Court, Bath Street, Abingdon on Thames, OX14 1EB
- OS grid reference
- SU 494 974
- Coordinates
- 51.67365, -1.28603
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Waste Court is a building that was "lately erected" in 1779 and is now part of Roysse's school. It has likely been altered in the 19th century and features a modern hipped roof covered with asbestos tiles.
On the Bath Street elevation, there are two flat-topped dormers with casement windows that have glazing bars in moulded frames. The building is constructed from brick, rubble, and stucco, with irregular fenestration. To the left, there is a three-light canted two-storey bay window that is rendered and has double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. The right-hand side features a narrow, long canted two-storey bay with sash windows that do not have glazing bars. Three additional windows have segmental arches and brick rusticated architraves. The entrance consists of a plain four-panel door with a rectangular fanlight above it, and there are two brick chimneys.
The garden elevation has two storeys and attics, also made of brick, with two flat-topped dormers and a tiled roof. Most of the windows have flat arches, some with glazing bars and double-hung sashes. The central narrow gable features a segmental arched window with a double-hung sash that lacks glazing bars, positioned above a first-floor round-arched window with 'gothic' glazing. A square porch is faced in ashlar and features a moulded arch with a keystone, cornice, and pediment.
Local climate
Waste Court 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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- 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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