Town Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1952. Town hall. 3 related planning applications.
Town Hall
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1952
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- Town Hall, Market Square, Witney, OX28 6AG
- OS grid reference
- SP 356 095
- Coordinates
- 51.78387, -1.48527
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Hall in Witney, built around 1770-1780, is a notable example of mid Georgian architecture. Constructed from limestone ashlar, it features a stone-coped gabled stone slate roof and a rear lateral stack. The building is two storeys high and has a symmetrical three-window arrangement. The meeting room showcases six-pane sash windows set in raised architraves, positioned above an open loggia supported by Tuscan columns, with a blocked arch to the left. The façade includes raised pilaster strips and a storey band above the ground-floor rusticated pilaster strips. The right end of the building has a pedimented design with a sash window above a two-bay loggia. At the rear, there is a lean-to with a sash window situated above double-leaf panelled doors, which are framed by a heavy keyed and blocked architrave.
Local climate
Town Hall 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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