5 and 7, Checker Walk is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1971. House. 1 related planning application.
5 and 7, Checker Walk
- WRENN ID
- secret-kitchen-merlin
- 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
- House
- Address
- 5 and 7, Checker Walk, Abingdon, Abingdon on Thames, OX14 3JB
- OS grid reference
- SU 499 970
- Coordinates
- 51.67003, -1.27929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
5 and 7 Checker Walk are an early 19th century building. They have a slate roof and three storeys, originally serving as numbers 18 and 19. The front elevation features two windows with flush frames, segmental arches, and double-hung sashes with glazing bars. A modern door sits within a segmental arched doorway, sheltered by a small wooden hood supported on brackets, with a modern step leading up to it. Modern extensions have been added to the rear. The building forms a group with numbers 5, 7 and 8.
Local climate
5 and 7, Checker Walk 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 — 3 transactions since 2003
- 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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