55, Wallingford Street is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
55, Wallingford Street
- WRENN ID
- frozen-quartz-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 55, Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8AU
- OS grid reference
- SU 401 879
- Coordinates
- 51.58875, -1.42246
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 55 Wallingford Street is a late 17th-century building that has been remodelled in the mid-20th century. Originally two cottages, it is now a single house. The front features 20th-century stretcher bond brick and a 20th-century tiled roof, with brick stacks. The building has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys tall, with a two-window range. Soldier arches are present over the 20th-century doors and casements. The roof is gabled with stacks at the gable ends.
At the rear, there is an original one-bay wing that is gabled and has one storey and an attic, which adjoins a two-storey outshut on the left; both of these have also been remodelled in the 20th century. Inside, there are chamfered bressumers, original plain beams, and joists supporting open fireplaces in chalk rubble stacks. The timber-framed walling is exposed throughout, including a timber-framed partition on the first floor. The first floor features 17th-century ribbed doors and winder stairs leading to the attic. The roof structure is common-rafter.
Local climate
55, Wallingford 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- 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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