20, Mill Street is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1950. Town house. 5 related planning applications.
20, Mill Street
- WRENN ID
- veiled-gable-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 April 1950
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- 20, Mill Street, Wantage, OX12 9AQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 397 880
- Coordinates
- 51.58958, -1.42776
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
20 Mill Street is a town house that has been converted into shops and offices. It dates from the early 18th century and features flared Flemish bond brickwork with red brick quoins and dressings, an old tile roof, and brick stacks. The building is L-shaped and has two storeys with a seven-window range. Notable architectural details include consoles supporting a stone pediment above a mid-19th century six-panelled door set in a beaded architrave. There are segmental header arches over blind windows, gauged brick cambered arches with half-H aprons leading to the cellar, and late 19th century sashes on the ground floor, along with a 20th century window to the right of the door. The first floor features late 18th century sashes and one blind window, all set beneath gauged brick flat arches with half-H aprons. The roof is gabled with ridge and right end stacks, and there is a hipped roof over the rear stairwell. The rear left side of the building has a two-storey, two-window range made of random bond brick with a half-hipped old tile roof and a late 18th century sash at the rear.
Inside, the hall features panelling from around 1730, a stone flag floor, a moulded cornice, and a quarter-turn staircase with vase balusters on an open string. The first floor has early 18th century two-panelled doors and 1730 panelling with a moulded cornice on the landing. The right side has panelling, a cornice, and a fireplace from around 1730, while the centre has straight-cut panelling and cornice, and the left side features a fireplace from the same period. A similar staircase leads to the attic, which contains ribbed and two-panelled doors.
Local climate
20, Mill Street receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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