Garden Wall Fernhouse Archway and Gateway Approximately 20 Metres North East of Mapledurham House is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. Garden wall.

Garden Wall Fernhouse Archway and Gateway Approximately 20 Metres North East of Mapledurham House

WRENN ID
seventh-porch-harvest
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1951
Type
Garden wall
OS grid reference
SU 671 767
Coordinates
51.48581, -1.03437
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden wall, fernhouse, archway, and gateway located approximately 20 meters northeast of Mapledurham House date from the 17th century, with the archway and gateway likely from the early 18th century, and the fernhouse from the mid-18th century. The garden wall is made of red brick featuring a grey brick diaper pattern. The archway has rubbed brick piers with carved panels and stone swagged finials, along with a segmental arch at the center, topped by a concave-sided brick pediment with stone acorn finials on the sides and a stone case finial in the center. The gateway consists of grey brick with red brick dressings on the piers, which have carved stone tops with ball finials, and features wrought iron gates at the center adorned with armorial bearings on the overthrow. The fernhouse is constructed from banded flint and red brick and includes three Gothick Y-tracery windows. This structure is an important part of the group of garden walls surrounding Mapledurham House.

Local climate

Garden Wall Fernhouse Archway and Gateway Approximately 20 Metres North East of Mapledurham House 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 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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