Screen and Gateways of County Hall Fronting New Road is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Screen.

Screen and Gateways of County Hall Fronting New Road

WRENN ID
other-rampart-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1972
Type
Screen
OS grid reference
SP 510 061
Coordinates
51.75197, -1.2616
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The screen and gateways of County Hall, located on the south side of New Road, were built in 1841. This structure features a cast iron spear fence and two pairs of gates positioned between round piers. The piers are topped with 'fasces' and lanterns. The entire assembly extends between the turrets of the screen walls.

Local climate

Screen and Gateways of County Hall Fronting New 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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