Boundary Wall of Rhodes House Fronting South Parks Road and Parks Road is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. Boundary wall.

Boundary Wall of Rhodes House Fronting South Parks Road and Parks Road

WRENN ID
grey-minaret-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Boundary wall
OS grid reference
SP 514 067
Coordinates
51.75743, -1.25593
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boundary wall of Rhodes House, located along South Parks Road and Parks Road, dates from the 17th or 18th century. It is constructed of random rubble and has undergone significant repairs and rebuilding over time.

Local climate

Boundary Wall of Rhodes House Fronting South Parks Road and Parks Road 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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