Garden Walls Approximately 130 Metres South of Shirburn Castle is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. Garden walls.

Garden Walls Approximately 130 Metres South of Shirburn Castle

WRENN ID
lost-chapel-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1987
Type
Garden walls
OS grid reference
SU 696 958
Coordinates
51.65697, -0.99435
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden walls located approximately 130 meters south of Shirburn Castle date from the mid to late 18th century. They are constructed of English bond brick and partly of chalk rubble, with brick dressings on the northern section. These walls enclose the kitchen garden.

Local climate

Garden Walls Approximately 130 Metres South of Shirburn Castle 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 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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