The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1986. House.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- haunted-string-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Laurels, 85, London Street, Great Faringdon, SN7 8AA
- OS grid reference
- SU 292 956
- Coordinates
- 51.65854, -1.57874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is an early 19th-century house with a chequered brick front. It stands three stories tall and features a coped stone parapet. The house has end wall stacks and a three-window range of glazing bar sash windows, each set in cambered head surrounds. The central door consists of six flush panels and is topped by a fine metal traceried rectangular fanlight, with a hood supported on brackets. The east end wall is made of rubble, while the brick gabled rear, also in chequered brick, is dated 1826.
Local climate
The Laurels receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2026
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