96, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. A C16 House/shop. 2 related planning applications.

96, High Street

WRENN ID
waiting-moulding-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Oxfordshire
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Type
House/shop
Address
96, High Street, Witney, OX28 6HL
OS grid reference
SP 357 100
Coordinates
51.78833, -1.48293
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 96 High Street is a house that has been converted into a shop and dwelling. It dates from the mid-16th century and was refronted in the mid-19th century and 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, partly timber-framed, and has a stuccoed front. The roof is gabled with stone slate on the front and artificial stone slates on the rear, featuring a left end stack made of stone finished in brick. The structure has an L-plan with a rear left wing and consists of two storeys and an attic, with a three-window range.

To the right, there is an outshut projection that includes a two-light window with glazing bars above a 20th-century three-light window. The left range, which has rusticated pilaster strips, features mid-19th century two-pane sash windows set in moulded architraves above a canted shop front with 20th-century doors. The early to mid-16th century rear range is made of roughcast timber framing that jetties over a limestone rubble ground floor and has a gabled roof covered with artificial stone slates.

Inside, the building has quartered chamfered beams and a mid-16th century fireplace with a hollow-chamfered corbelled lintel. The roof structure from the 16th century includes collar trusses with through purlins and a ridge purlin that is notched into blades halved at the ridge.

Local climate

96, High Street 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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