Wall and Gate of Townsend Close is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. A C15 Wall, gate.
Wall and Gate of Townsend Close
- WRENN ID
- shifting-jade-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford East MP: Anneliese Dodds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1972
- Type
- Wall, gate
- Address
- Wall and Gate of Townsend Close, Church Way
- OS grid reference
- SP 528 039
- Coordinates
- 51.73202, -1.23564
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and gate of Townsend Close, located on the west side of Church Way, dates from the early to mid-19th century. It features a red brick wall with rendered piers that have moulded caps and ball finials. The entrance includes a four-panel wood door.
Local climate
Wall and Gate of Townsend Close 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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