Entrance Arch to Bloxham School is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. A C19 Arch.
Entrance Arch to Bloxham School
- WRENN ID
- dark-crypt-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- Arch
- Address
- Entrance Arch to Bloxham School, High Street
- OS grid reference
- SP 431 362
- Coordinates
- 52.02289, -1.37304
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance arch to Bloxham School is a 19th-century structure made of ironstone ashlar. It features chamfered jambs and buttresses. The arch includes inscriptions that read "The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in" and a translation of the Latin phrase "The path of the just is as a shining light." This arch is included for its group value with the surrounding buildings.
Local climate
Entrance Arch to Bloxham School receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 72% 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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