Curtoys is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1988. House. 5 related planning applications.
Curtoys
- WRENN ID
- shifting-frieze-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Curtoys, Westbrook Street, Blewbury, OX11 9QB
- OS grid reference
- SU 529 858
- Coordinates
- 51.56943, -1.23778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Curtoys is an Early 19th-century house located on the east side of Westbrook Street, Blewbury. The house is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with a slate hipped roof featuring lead ridges and brick end stacks. It has a symmetrical 2-storey, 3-window front. The central entrance features a 6-panel part-glazed door with an overlight, set within a painted wood architrave surround and sheltered by a low, flat-roofed porch supported by thin Doric columns. All windows are 16-pane unhorned sashes with stone architrave surrounds, some incorporating crown glass. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Curtoys 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 2001
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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