The Clock House 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.
The Clock House
- WRENN ID
- vacant-lantern-poplar
- 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
- The Clock House, 26a and 28, Ock Street, Abingdon on Thames, OX14 5SW
- OS grid reference
- SU 495 970
- Coordinates
- 51.66989, -1.28561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clock House is a notable building located at 26A and 28 Ock Street, constructed in 1722 by R T Stratton. This symmetrical three-storey structure is made of gault brick with red dressings. It features a parapet adorned with nine red panels and a heavy red brick dentil cornice. The façade has a window arrangement of three wide and three narrow windows, all with wood frames, double-hung sashes, and glazing bars, complemented by carved heads and brick gauged arches. The central section of the building projects slightly, with a band between the storeys. The centre window on this projecting band has a carved keystone, while the two flanking windows also display carved heads. The two outer windows on each side feature initials and carvings on their heads. The ground floor windows on the left do not have glazing bars. Access to the building includes five stone steps with a handrail that leads down to the cellars on a stone plinth. The entrance is marked by six-panel doors topped with a glazed rectangular fanlight. The Clock House is part of a group with Nos. 22 to 30 (even).
Local climate
The Clock House 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 — 1 transaction since 2022
- 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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