Vase at the South End of the Main Walk is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. A C18 Garden feature.

Vase at the South End of the Main Walk

WRENN ID
turning-lime-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1972
Type
Garden feature
Address
Vase at the South End of the Main Walk, High Street
OS grid reference
SP 519 059
Coordinates
51.75003, -1.24856
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century stone vase situated on a plinth at the south end of the main walk in the Botanic Gardens. It serves as the terminal feature of the garden walk. The vase is part of a group of listed buildings on the south side.

Local climate

Vase at the South End of the Main Walk 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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