4, The Square is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1951. House. 2 related planning applications.
4, The Square
- WRENN ID
- salt-rafter-amber
- 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
- 4, The Square, Abingdon on Thames, OX14 5AR
- OS grid reference
- SU 496 970
- Coordinates
- 51.67044, -1.28356
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 4 The Square is a building with origins dating back to the 16th or 17th century. It features a timber frame and has 18th-century window designs. The structure is two storeys high, with a central gable facing the road. The upper storey is roughly rendered, while the ground floor is made of brick. There are two double-hung sash windows with glazing bars on the upper level, and the ground floor includes two shop windows with glazing bars and a part-glazed door that steps down. This building is part of a group that includes Nos. 4 to 7 in consecutive order.
Local climate
4, The Square 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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