The Broad Face Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1971. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Broad Face Public House
- WRENN ID
- waiting-clay-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 December 1971
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Broad Face Public House, Bridge Street, Abingdon on Thames, OX14 3HR
- OS grid reference
- SU 498 969
- Coordinates
- 51.6693, -1.2801
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th or early 19th century public house, situated on the east side of Bridge Street. The building is constructed of painted brick with a tile roof. It is two storeys high and originally featured two windows, although one has been blocked. The windows have flat brick voussoirs and double-hung sashes with glazing bars. A doorway is topped by a frieze and moulded cornice, flanked by carved pilasters. The double door comprises six panels, surmounted by a rectangular fanlight. The Broad Face Public House forms a group with Roysse's Court, The Crown and Thistle Hotel, and numbers 26 and 32 (even) on the street.
Local climate
The Broad Face Public House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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