Harpsden Court, Entrance Gateway and Wall is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1985. Gateway.

Harpsden Court, Entrance Gateway and Wall

WRENN ID
strange-eave-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 February 1985
Type
Gateway
OS grid reference
SU 763 809
Coordinates
51.5223, -0.90052
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Harpsden Court's entrance gateway and wall, built around 1840, is constructed from ashlar stone. It features a central flattened arch opening with a shaped gable above. The gateway is flanked by curved walls on both sides, which have decorative curved coping. At each end, there are square piers topped with decorative finials.

Local climate

Harpsden Court, Entrance Gateway and Wall 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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