Drayton Arch Approximately 300 Metres to South of Park Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1982. Folly.
Drayton Arch Approximately 300 Metres to South of Park Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- shifting-mortar-rowan
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1982
- Type
- Folly
- OS grid reference
- SP 428 410
- Coordinates
- 52.06647, -1.37618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Drayton Arch, located approximately 300 meters south of Park Farmhouse, is a folly or eyecatcher built around 1750. It was designed by Sanderson Miller as part of the landscaping for the Wroxton Abbey Estate. The structure is made of squared coursed ironstone and is in the Gothic style. It features two narrow round turrets with loop windows and a "ruined" arch situated between them. The rear of the turrets contains niches and they are embattled.
Local climate
Drayton Arch Approximately 300 Metres to South of Park Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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