48 and 50, West St Helen Street is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1951. House. 7 related planning applications.

48 and 50, West St Helen Street

WRENN ID
hollow-string-finch
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
48 and 50, West St Helen Street, Abingdon on Thames, OX14 5BP
OS grid reference
SU 496 969
Coordinates
51.66875, -1.28306
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 48 and 50, West St Helen Street form one building, originally dating from the 17th century. They are timber-framed, with the two upper storeys originally overhanging the street. The facades are now rough-rendered and covered with rendering, and the roof is tiled. A rendered plinth is present. No. 48 features a flush-framed casement window and a four-panel door with a reeded architrave incorporating roundels, and a hood supported by consoles. The first floor has three windows with flush-moulded frames and double-hung sashes containing glazing bars. No. 50 has a flat carriage entrance and a single window with a flush frame and double-hung sash containing glazing bars, alongside a four-panel door.

Local climate

48 and 50, West St Helen Street 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 7 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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