Rewley Abbey, Wall and Gateway is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. Monastery wall.

Rewley Abbey, Wall and Gateway

WRENN ID
far-pillar-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Monastery wall
Address
Rewley Abbey, Wall and Gateway, Rewley Road
OS grid reference
SP 506 064
Coordinates
51.75451, -1.26718
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rewley Abbey, wall and gateway, is located on the north side of Rewley Road, facing the south-west side of the Oxford Canal. This site was originally a Cistercian foundation established in 1281. Most of the buildings have been destroyed, leaving only a short length of wall that features a 15th-century stone doorway. The doorway has a two-centred arch set within a square head, adorned with spandrels that contain quatrefoils. Above the arch, there is a label with stops, and the jambs of the doorway are moulded. For its condition in 1820, there are two drawings by J C Buckler in the Bodleian Library, MS. Don. a. 3. II, 120 and 121.

Local climate

Rewley Abbey, Wall and Gateway 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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