The Main (Or Danby) Gateway in the Centre with Its Flanking Wall and 2 Doorways is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A C15 Gateway.

The Main (Or Danby) Gateway in the Centre with Its Flanking Wall and 2 Doorways

WRENN ID
distant-paling-dew
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Gateway
Address
The Main (Or Danby) Gateway in the Centre with Its Flanking Wall and 2 Doorways, High Street
OS grid reference
SP 520 061
Coordinates
51.75138, -1.2473
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Main (or Danby) Gateway, located in the centre of the Botanic Gardens on the south side of High Street, was constructed in 1632 by Nicholas Stone using Headington freestone. The gateway features a flanking wall and two doorways. It is part of a group of listed buildings on the south side.

Local climate

The Main (Or Danby) Gateway in the Centre with Its Flanking Wall and 2 Doorways 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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