Wall and Gates of the Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. A Medieval Church, boundary wall. 2 related planning applications.
Wall and Gates of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- buried-pewter-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1972
- Type
- Church, boundary wall
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Wall and Gates of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street
- OS grid reference
- SP 516 062
- Coordinates
- 51.75264, -1.25368
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and gates of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, located on the north side of High Street, date from the late medieval period. The structure features a low stone wall with a plinth and conical capping. It is complemented by 17th or 18th century rusticated gatepiers topped with vase finials. The gates are made of wrought iron and date from the 18th century, complete with an overthrow. Additionally, there is a cast-iron pump situated at the south-west corner. All the listed buildings on the north side form a group.
Local climate
Wall and Gates of the Church of St Mary the Virgin 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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- 3 Churchyard Wall and Gates on South and East Sides of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- 4 Perimeter Wall, Gatepiers and Gates to the Church of St Mary
- 5 Churchyard Wall and Gates to West and South of Church of St Mary
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