14, Abbey Close is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1951. House. 3 related planning applications.
14, Abbey Close
- WRENN ID
- burning-fireplace-equinox
- 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 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- 14, Abbey Close, Abingdon on Thames, OX14 3JD
- OS grid reference
- SU 499 970
- Coordinates
- 51.67011, -1.27852
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 14 Abbey Close is a 17th-century building with a reset date stone from 1698. It has two storeys and attics, featuring a rubble plinth at the base, a ground floor made of painted brick, and upper storeys that are rough rendered. A brick and dentil cornice separates the storeys. The roof has two gables that break the eaves, each with one window. The left window is modern, while the right window has a slightly segmental arch and is a double hung sash with glazing bars.
On the first floor, there are three windows; two of these have segmental arches, wood frames, and are double hung sashes with glazing bars. To the left, there is one flush framed window that is also a double hung sash with glazing bars. The ground floor has three windows, two of which have segmental arches and are double hung sashes with glazing bars. There is also a shallow canted bay window with glazing bars and a tiled roof. The entrance features a six-panel door with a two-panel rectangular fanlight above it. The date is also noted on the chimney.
Local climate
14, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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