The Garden Wall and the East and West Gateways is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A C17 Garden wall.
The Garden Wall and the East and West Gateways
- WRENN ID
- proud-gargoyle-river
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1954
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- The Garden Wall and the East and West Gateways, High Street
- OS grid reference
- SP 519 061
- Coordinates
- 51.75123, -1.24841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Garden Wall and the East and West Gateways are located on the south side of High Street, surrounding the Botanic Gardens. These structures date from the 17th century and later. They feature two pedimented gateways that are similar in design, though smaller in scale, to the Main Gate. The listed buildings on the south side form a cohesive group.
Local climate
The Garden Wall and the East and West Gateways 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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