Rockery Approximately 40 Metres South of Temple of Flora is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Rockery.

Rockery Approximately 40 Metres South of Temple of Flora

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1986
Type
Rockery
OS grid reference
SU 542 981
Coordinates
51.67979, -1.21731
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The rockery, located approximately 40 meters south of the Temple of Flora in Nuneham Park, was built around 1771 and likely extended in the early 19th century. It is constructed from limestone and composition boulders and forms one side of a ravine-like path that leads past a grotto. A large slanting tablet within the rockery commemorates Walter Clark, a florist, with an inscription by William Whitehead, the Poet Laureate. Clark, who created the flower garden, passed away in 1784. The grotto is part of the innovative flower garden designed by the Reverend William Mason, who authored "The English Flower Garden," for Lord Nuneham, later the 2nd Earl Harcourt. This rockery is included for its group value. Nuneham Park is listed in the HBMC County Register of Gardens at Grade I.

Local climate

Rockery Approximately 40 Metres South of Temple of Flora 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 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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