Cob Wall Approximately 5 Metres North of Willoughby House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. Wall.
Cob Wall Approximately 5 Metres North of Willoughby House
- WRENN ID
- roaming-bonework-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1986
- Type
- Wall
- OS grid reference
- SU 577 945
- Coordinates
- 51.64644, -1.16727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cob wall dating from the 18th to early 19th century, located approximately 5 meters north of Willoughby House along Dorchester High Street. The wall is built on a clunch rubble base and features a thatched covering. It stands about 2 meters high and extends approximately 10 meters along the High Street, forming one of two sections.
Local climate
Cob Wall Approximately 5 Metres North of Willoughby House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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