The Mermaid Inn and Attached Mounting Block is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Inn. 7 related planning applications.
The Mermaid Inn and Attached Mounting Block
- WRENN ID
- long-slate-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Mermaid Inn and Attached Mounting Block, 78, High Street, Burford, OX18 4QF
- OS grid reference
- SP 251 122
- Coordinates
- 51.80821, -1.63677
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mermaid Inn and attached mounting block is an inn located on Burford and Upton High Street, with origins dating back to an early site and remodelling in the 17th century. The building underwent alterations and restoration in the 1930s. It is constructed of rubble and features a steep-pitched slate roof in a Tudor style. The inn has two storeys and an attic, with two gabled dormers. There are three windows, with the outer windows being three-light and the inner window a two-light mullioned type, dating from the mid-20th century. On the ground floor, there are two angled bays with parapets and mullion and transom windows from the 20th century, flanking a central arched doorway from the 14th century. Outside, next to the right-hand window, there is a worn mounting block. The interior features close spaced joists in the ceiling.
Local climate
The Mermaid Inn and Attached Mounting Block receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- 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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