Entrance Arch Approximately 60 Metres West of Adderbury House is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. Entrance arch.
Entrance Arch Approximately 60 Metres West of Adderbury House
- WRENN ID
- solitary-buttress-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1955
- Type
- Entrance arch
- OS grid reference
- SP 475 356
- Coordinates
- 52.01706, -1.30834
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance arch, located approximately 60 meters west of Adderbury House, dates from around 1770 and is possibly designed by Sir William Chambers for the Duke of Buccleuch. Constructed from ironstone ashlar, the arch is in a classical style. It features a semi-circular arch flanked by tall Tuscan pilasters that have a noticeable curve, rising to an entablature with a central blank panel and topped by a triangular pediment. Both sides of the arch are similar, but the west face includes three-quarter-round pilasters and has a deeper overhang on the pediment. This archway served as the main entrance to the forecourt of Adderbury House and is thought to relate to later work on the Stable Court, which may also be attributed to Chambers.
Local climate
Entrance Arch Approximately 60 Metres West of Adderbury House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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