Gatepier Approximately 130 Metres West of Piccadily Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. Gatepier.
Gatepier Approximately 130 Metres West of Piccadily Cottage
- WRENN ID
- bitter-chimney-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1963
- Type
- Gatepier
- OS grid reference
- SU 612 984
- Coordinates
- 51.68106, -1.11552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatepier, located approximately 130 meters west of Piccadilly Cottage, is part of the entrance screen to Ascott Park and likely dates from the 17th century. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and has a square plan with pilaster strips on all sides, featuring a rusticated front. The gatepier includes a moulded base and cornice that break around projections, with remnants of a finial at the top. This gatepier is one of four lesser piers from a total of six at the entrance to Ascott Park, which is recognized in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission County Register of Gardens at Grade II.
Local climate
Gatepier Approximately 130 Metres West of Piccadily Cottage 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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