Unicorn Theatre is a Grade I listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1951. A Elizabethan Theatre.
Unicorn Theatre
- WRENN ID
- buried-shingle-dock
- Grade
- I
- 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
- Theatre
- Period
- Elizabethan
- Address
- Unicorn Theatre, Thames Street, Abingdon on Thames, OX14 3HZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 499 970
- Coordinates
- 51.66968, -1.27892
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Unicorn Theatre, located at 1 Thames Street, is a Grade I listed building. Originally part of the Abbey remains, it features an elevation known as "The Checker." The theatre has a higher roof than the adjacent No. 18 and is constructed with tiles. It includes two arched doorways, one of which has a lancet-headed door, and is a single storey structure. There are three two-light mullion windows with flat arches. A brick step leads to the door. The interior was formerly the Checker Hall and later converted into a block of cottages before being transformed into an 'Elizabethan' theatre with an apron stage. The listed buildings along Thames Street are recognized as a group for their historical significance.
Local climate
Unicorn Theatre 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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