Gate Piers and Red Brick and Flint Wall to Former Paradise House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1974. A C18/C19 Boundary wall.
Gate Piers and Red Brick and Flint Wall to Former Paradise House
- WRENN ID
- fading-lintel-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1974
- Type
- Boundary wall
- Address
- Gate Piers and Red Brick and Flint Wall to Former Paradise House, Gravel Hill, Henley-On-Thames
- OS grid reference
- SU 757 825
- Coordinates
- 51.53709, -0.90951
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gate piers and the red brick and flint wall to the former Paradise House date from the 18th to 19th century. The boundary wall, which is 10 feet high, features a flint construction with brick strips and capping, and includes a doorway with a Gothic arch. At the top of the hill, the wall is lower and consists of a series of concave arched sections between brick piers topped with heavy stone caps. The two gate piers are adorned with ball finials, and the western part of the wall has been rebuilt.
This raised pavement and wall are part of a group that includes Nos 5 to 19 (odd) the South Oxfordshire Technical College Old School and Main Buildings, Nos 43 to 49 (odd), and the wall and gate piers to the former Paradise House. Ancastle Cottage, Nos 2 to 36 (even), and the pavement surface in front of Nos 2 to 36 (even) opposite also contribute to this group, along with the entrance walls, piers, and gates, as well as the lower lodge of Friar Park.
Local climate
Gate Piers and Red Brick and Flint Wall to Former Paradise 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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