Christchurch, Boundary Wall on East Fronting Merton Grove and Surrounding the Scholars Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. A Modern Boundary wall.
Christchurch, Boundary Wall on East Fronting Merton Grove and Surrounding the Scholars Garden
- WRENN ID
- worn-storey-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1972
- Type
- Boundary wall
- Period
- Modern
- OS grid reference
- SP 516 059
- Coordinates
- 51.74946, -1.25292
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boundary wall at Christchurch, built in 1926, is located on the east side facing Merton Grove and surrounds the Scholars' Garden. It is constructed of rubble and features triangular coping.
Local climate
Christchurch, Boundary Wall on East Fronting Merton Grove and Surrounding the Scholars Garden 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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