Hillside (Rh Coombes and Company Chartered Accountants) is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1983. House, office. 5 related planning applications.

Hillside (Rh Coombes and Company Chartered Accountants)

WRENN ID
muted-passage-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 April 1983
Type
House, office
Address
Hillside (Rh Coombes and Company Chartered Accountants), Albion Street, Chipping Norton
OS grid reference
SP 314 273
Coordinates
51.94335, -1.54316
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hillside, now occupied by R H Coombes & Company Chartered Accountants, is a house that dates from the early 19th century and has been converted into offices. It is constructed from coursed and squared rubble stone, with dressed stone quoins and surrounds. The building features a moulded eaves cornice and dressed stone copings, topped with a shallow pitched gabled slate roof and reconstituted stone stacks at the ends.

The structure has three storeys and a basement, with a two-window range. The sash windows are deeply recessed, with 12 panes on the upper floor and 16 panes on the lower floors. The entrance door, located in the right-hand bay, is accessed by steps and has six panels: four lower panels that are reeded and two upper panels that are fielded. Above the door is a rectangular fanlight with a roundel, flanked by lozenge shapes, all beneath a Tuscan porch. At the rear, there is a tall stair window, which has been fitted with modern glass.

The interior has been altered and features a mid to late 19th-century staircase that includes 17th-century style splat balusters. The flanking wings of the building are not included in the listing.

Local climate

Hillside (Rh Coombes and Company Chartered Accountants) receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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