Pier Approximately 16 Metres West of Castle Priory College is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. Pier.
Pier Approximately 16 Metres West of Castle Priory College
- WRENN ID
- stony-casement-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1988
- Type
- Pier
- OS grid reference
- SU 608 892
- Coordinates
- 51.59917, -1.12247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pier located approximately 16 meters west of Castle Priory College in Wallingford. It was likely built in the mid-18th century and is made of stone. The pier is square in shape and features a carved fruit garland on one side, along with moulded coping that has a stone basket of fruit and flowers on top. It is included in the listing for its group value.
Local climate
Pier Approximately 16 Metres West of Castle Priory College 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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