57, East St Helen Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1951. House.
57, East St Helen Street
- WRENN ID
- lunar-baluster-foxglove
- 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
- 57, East St Helen Street, Abingdon on Thames, OX14 5EB
- OS grid reference
- SU 497 968
- Coordinates
- 51.66843, -1.28254
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 57 East St Helen Street is a building dated 1732, featuring a symmetrical design. It has two storeys and attics, topped with a tile roof and three gabled dormers. The exterior is rendered, with casement windows that include glazing bars set in moulded flush frames. A coved rendered eaves cornice adds to its elegance.
The corners of the building are accentuated by brick pilasters that consist of thirteen panels and a plinth block. The central door, which has a window above it, is flanked by full-height brick pilasters. There are five segmental arch windows with wood frames, double hung sashes, and original glazing bars. Instead of keystones, there are carved stone cherub masks, except for the central window which features the inscription 'RRE 1732' on its keystone. The eaves cornice projects forward at the corners and center above the pilasters.
Windows have red brick architraves, blue brick between them, and a chequered brick pattern beneath. The ground floor windows have stone keystones and later glazing bars. There are two cellar windows with stone lintels and keystones, and a plinth at the base. Access to the building is via two steps leading to a six-fielded door, which is supported by plain pilasters and scroll brackets that hold up an open pediment. An attractive glazed fanlight completes the entrance.
Nos. 43 to 61 (odd) form a group with this building.
Local climate
57, East St Helen Street 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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