Gatehouse Approximately 85 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. Gatehouse.
Gatehouse Approximately 85 Metres South of Shirburn Castle
- WRENN ID
- inner-pediment-ridge
- 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
- Gatehouse
- OS grid reference
- SU 697 958
- Coordinates
- 51.65757, -0.99366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatehouse, located approximately 85 meters south of Shirburn Castle, dates from the early 19th century and is built of limestone ashlar in a Gothic style. It is two storeys high and consists of a one-bay range. The entrance features a pointed chamfered arch leading to studded double doors, and it is topped with a crenellated parapet. The interior and rear of the building could not be inspected.
Local climate
Gatehouse Approximately 85 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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