7, Abbey Close is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1952. House. 8 related planning applications.
7, Abbey Close
- WRENN ID
- tangled-tin-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- 7, Abbey Close, Abingdon on Thames, OX14 3JD
- OS grid reference
- SU 499 970
- Coordinates
- 51.67019, -1.27966
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 7, Abbey Close is an early 18th-century building of two storeys. The construction incorporates a rubble plinth and chequered brickwork. There are two hipped dormers and two light casement windows. The roof is covered with hipped tiles, and it features a wooden eaves cornice. The front of the building has two windows with modern four-light casements in wooden frames. A narrow brick band separates the ground and first floors. Two ground floor windows either side of a six-panel door; the door has a rectangular fanlight and a semi-circular hood supported by carved console brackets. To the side is a three-light window with modern leaded casements. A right-hand extension has a gable facing the road, with a rubble base and chequered brickwork, as well as a brick band between the floors. Nos. 7 to 11, Abbey Close form a group.
Local climate
7, Abbey Close 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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