Churchyard Wall Including Gateway and Raised Pavement to South and East of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Wall.
Churchyard Wall Including Gateway and Raised Pavement to South and East of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- sunken-porch-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1985
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Churchyard Wall Including Gateway and Raised Pavement to South and East of Church of St Nicholas, Main Street, Forest Hill with Shotover
- OS grid reference
- SP 582 074
- Coordinates
- 51.76304, -1.15755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard wall, including the gateway and raised pavement to the south and east of the Church of St. Nicholas, dates from the 17th or 18th century. It is constructed from coursed squared limestone rubble and reaches a height of up to 3 meters. The wall serves as a retaining structure above a raised pavement that is approximately 1 meter high, featuring a pitched stone surface that ends in stone steps at the lower end. At the upper end of the wall on the east side, there is a gateway that includes a 19th-century wrought-iron gate and an overthrow.
Local climate
Churchyard Wall Including Gateway and Raised Pavement to South and East of Church of St Nicholas 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 78% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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