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

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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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