The Old Gaol is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1971. Gaol. 8 related planning applications.

The Old Gaol

WRENN ID
salt-transept-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 December 1971
Type
Gaol
Address
The Old Gaol, Bridge Street, Abingdon on Thames, OX14 3HE
OS grid reference
SU 498 969
Coordinates
51.66896, -1.28066
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Gaol, dated 1805-1811, was designed by Daniel Harris of Oxford. It is constructed of coursed rubble and dominates the entrance to the town. The building features a hexagonal central structure with a slate roof, punctuated by a central ashlar shaft. A large entrance archway opens onto Bridge Street, with two storeys and three small windows above. Radiating from the central section are three lower wings, each with small, barred rectangular windows set within ashlar architraves. These wings are also covered with slate roofs, hipped at the quoins. A horizontal band separates the two storeys.

Local climate

The Old Gaol 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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  • Sale history — 77 transactions since 2012
  • 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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