Terrace Wall Approximately 8 Metres to South of the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. Terrace wall.
Terrace Wall Approximately 8 Metres to South of the Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- heavy-chalk-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1987
- Type
- Terrace wall
- OS grid reference
- SP 527 139
- Coordinates
- 51.82194, -1.23628
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The terrace wall, built around 1690, is located approximately 8 meters south of The Old Rectory. Constructed from coursed squared limestone and ashlar, the wall supports the terrace in front of The Old Rectory and runs between the garden walls. It features six raking buttresses and a central flight of stone steps, which have outward-splaying balustrade walls and moulded nosings. The Old Rectory was built for Dr. Robert South in 1689-90, and a late 17th century engraving depicts the wall and steps. This structure is included for its group value.
Local climate
Terrace Wall Approximately 8 Metres to South of the Old Rectory 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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