Walls to South and East of the Garden of Canturbury House, Fir Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Garden walls.

Walls to South and East of the Garden of Canturbury House, Fir Lane

WRENN ID
half-garret-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1988
Type
Garden walls
Address
Walls to South and East of the Garden of Canturbury House, Fir Lane, North Side, Steeple Aston
OS grid reference
SP 475 260
Coordinates
51.93089, -1.30956
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden walls to the south and east of Canterbury House on Fir Lane are likely from the 18th century. Constructed from limestone rubble, these walls stand between 2 to 2.5 metres high. They extend approximately 50 metres along the west side of the churchyard and return for about 40 metres along the north side. The walls feature a cement-capped rubble coping above a projecting course.

Local climate

Walls to South and East of the Garden of Canturbury House, Fir Lane 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 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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