Garden Walls of the Old Priory and Bassett Lodge (Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 1970. Garden walls.
Garden Walls of the Old Priory and Bassett Lodge (Not Included)
- WRENN ID
- noble-flue-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 March 1970
- Type
- Garden walls
- Address
- Garden Walls of the Old Priory and Bassett Lodge (Not Included), Priory Lane, Bicester
- OS grid reference
- SP 583 221
- Coordinates
- 51.89461, -1.15297
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden walls of The Old Priory, possibly dating from the 15th or early 16th century, are part of a walled garden. They are constructed from limestone rubble, with some sections coursed and featuring ashlar dressings, topped with a plain-tile coping. The walls currently stand about 2.5 metres high, though they may have originally been taller. They enclose a rectangular area measuring approximately 80 metres by 45 metres, which was once the walled garden of The Old Priory and now includes the gardens of Bassett Lodge and The Mill. The south wall has a blacked doorway, and the structure is continuous with the front wall of The Mill and the rear wall of the stables. The enclosure is completed by The Old Priory, which may have served as the hospice of Bicester Priory.
Local climate
Garden Walls of the Old Priory and Bassett Lodge (Not Included) 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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